[ They don't know why they always feel taken off guard when he says I love you out loud, but he always seems to get them when they aren't ready for it. Cairngorm meets his gentle gaze with a faintly astonished one of their own, not really knowing what what they were talking about had to do with loving them or not - not that it totally matters, they guess, since hearing it from him makes them feel good, like they're being praised, no matter what. Their hand closes around his in response, if a little belatedly, letting him tug them along into the hangar.
It's hard not to stare at all the machinery around them, even as he's rushing them towards the lower cabin - they've never seen true machinery, outside of the gadgets at Lottie's house, and Sensei, they suppose. Neither of those things look quite like this. He seems to know what he's doing, so there's not much else they can do but to trust him and follow his lead, their eyes looking around for signs of anyone else aboard. ]
...This is all normal?
[ The otherworldly machines, the missing crew - it's hard to tell what's fabrication and what's really supposed to be a depiction of reality. ]
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It's hard not to stare at all the machinery around them, even as he's rushing them towards the lower cabin - they've never seen true machinery, outside of the gadgets at Lottie's house, and Sensei, they suppose. Neither of those things look quite like this. He seems to know what he's doing, so there's not much else they can do but to trust him and follow his lead, their eyes looking around for signs of anyone else aboard. ]
...This is all normal?
[ The otherworldly machines, the missing crew - it's hard to tell what's fabrication and what's really supposed to be a depiction of reality. ]