( it has been — so much longer than he cares to admit since they've found some level of normalcy in just being who they are, though … of course it hadn't been his fault that he'd been replaced with a copy of himself, he finds himself thinking about what it must mean for the rest of them to know they'd all been fooled.
it leaves a heavy feeling in the pit of his stomach, but he doesn't think about it. can't afford to now, when there are still a lot of things to be figured out and smoothed over. back to business, back to facts, and the sorting of feelings and all manner of such can come later. if it comes at all.
there's the smallest shift in his expression when she asks about his arm — because he would have just assumed she would remember, since she was the one that designed it — but given his prolonged exposure to slav and the talk of so many alternate realities and the like, he isn't as surprised to get the question as he would have been otherwise. maybe … hm. ) It's Altean, actually. ( his smile turns soft, tentative. like he's about to start walking on eggshells. )
You designed it for me, actually. ( might as well come right out with it. )
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it leaves a heavy feeling in the pit of his stomach, but he doesn't think about it. can't afford to now, when there are still a lot of things to be figured out and smoothed over. back to business, back to facts, and the sorting of feelings and all manner of such can come later. if it comes at all.
there's the smallest shift in his expression when she asks about his arm — because he would have just assumed she would remember, since she was the one that designed it — but given his prolonged exposure to slav and the talk of so many alternate realities and the like, he isn't as surprised to get the question as he would have been otherwise. maybe … hm. ) It's Altean, actually. ( his smile turns soft, tentative. like he's about to start walking on eggshells. )
You designed it for me, actually. ( might as well come right out with it. )