I think they'd be perplexed in my choice of partners, [ the retort is casual, and his smile just as calculated. He's used to jousting with flirtatious partners in court, and Nate is among the least gung-ho of them. There's an ease in banter, especially as he awaits the act of what he had presumed to be a young man as he transforms into a monster. An alien. Are they not all aliens, to one another, he wonders - and then Nate is simply... unreal.
He's seen the work of the Corporalki Healers, as they put together a human being who was nothing but pieces and tatters. He has seen a Corporalki Heartrender torment men who thought to keep their tongue neatly under control when all that was required of them was information. People in warzones - men, women, children. Bloodied, mutilated. The fact that there is a distinct lack of blood as Nate's entire form warps and shifts, is eerie - even to him. He can't take his mind off of it, even as Nate's form fills his room. ]
Incredible, [ even he can't disguise the awe in his voice. ] You are - incredible.
[ There are too many questions he has. A quick bout of mental triage, and he decides that the very first thing he needs, is a very personal, very unscientific matter: he needs to poke Nate. LET HIM TOUCH THIS TOOTHY FLESHMASS!!!! ]
IM SO HAPPY
I think they'd be perplexed in my choice of partners, [ the retort is casual, and his smile just as calculated. He's used to jousting with flirtatious partners in court, and Nate is among the least gung-ho of them. There's an ease in banter, especially as he awaits the act of what he had presumed to be a young man as he transforms into a monster. An alien. Are they not all aliens, to one another, he wonders - and then Nate is simply... unreal.
He's seen the work of the Corporalki Healers, as they put together a human being who was nothing but pieces and tatters. He has seen a Corporalki Heartrender torment men who thought to keep their tongue neatly under control when all that was required of them was information. People in warzones - men, women, children. Bloodied, mutilated. The fact that there is a distinct lack of blood as Nate's entire form warps and shifts, is eerie - even to him. He can't take his mind off of it, even as Nate's form fills his room. ]
Incredible, [ even he can't disguise the awe in his voice. ] You are - incredible.
[ There are too many questions he has. A quick bout of mental triage, and he decides that the very first thing he needs, is a very personal, very unscientific matter: he needs to poke Nate. LET HIM TOUCH THIS TOOTHY FLESHMASS!!!! ]