[ he moves ahead of him with a long set of strides before turning on a heel and opening his arms just a bit with a flourish before bringing them back down again. it's clear with his posture that he's hardly about to refuse, if anything, he's far more relaxed at the shoulders, the give of the veils sloping with them.
the faintness of everyone else at this distance is both a comfort in how muted it feels and jarring in it's desperation to crawl back simultaneously. what he wanted and what his brain gives back in protest at being so far from both single broodmate and nest plays a background tug of war. but he hardly wavers, voice and all. there's more laughter to him than anything, soft. ]
And I assure you, I don't need you to be nice.
[ high risk, high reward. it's how the job has always worked and even now it applies itself, though the risk may outweigh the gain for now. ]
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the faintness of everyone else at this distance is both a comfort in how muted it feels and jarring in it's desperation to crawl back simultaneously. what he wanted and what his brain gives back in protest at being so far from both single broodmate and nest plays a background tug of war. but he hardly wavers, voice and all. there's more laughter to him than anything, soft. ]
And I assure you, I don't need you to be nice.
[ high risk, high reward. it's how the job has always worked and even now it applies itself, though the risk may outweigh the gain for now. ]
Let's get to it.