[ he'd probably said the wrong thing just now, and the abrupt mood change... it doesn't quite unnerve him, but it might just come close when childe has been just about nothing but confident and cocky and in the know for this long. apart from that brief moment of vulnerability last night when he'd been drunk, but--
he can put this up to the alcohol, possibly. he deliberates over this as he follows childe, frowning; flexing his hand idly without quite realizing it, when he'd been trying to practice cultivating his power again, like exercising a long-forgotten muscle. an amnesiac but not a complete ignoramus; part of him is a bit wary still, part of him still meticulously collects, as if in fragments. all the information childe gives him and deliberates over each one: trusting that there's some or mostly truth to it, but wondering what might be hidden or unsaid. ]
Childe, I'll admit that I've been... probably, difficult to deal with since we met. [ to say the very least, when he'd literally attacked childe in his own home. still. ] Whatever had happened in the past, I do appreciate all the information and hospitality you've given me. To a point, anyway. [ because, fuck that octopus. for god's sake. ]
I'll do what I can to make it up to you, if a little. But I apologize if I won't get on my knees for it. I'll find some other way.
[ he does actually sound like he has some conviction in this. he'll make it a little mission for himself, maybe. he does have the sense of fairness, he wouldn't want to owe a debt or be caught lacking in an unequal transaction. ]
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he can put this up to the alcohol, possibly. he deliberates over this as he follows childe, frowning; flexing his hand idly without quite realizing it, when he'd been trying to practice cultivating his power again, like exercising a long-forgotten muscle. an amnesiac but not a complete ignoramus; part of him is a bit wary still, part of him still meticulously collects, as if in fragments. all the information childe gives him and deliberates over each one: trusting that there's some or mostly truth to it, but wondering what might be hidden or unsaid. ]
Childe, I'll admit that I've been... probably, difficult to deal with since we met. [ to say the very least, when he'd literally attacked childe in his own home. still. ] Whatever had happened in the past, I do appreciate all the information and hospitality you've given me. To a point, anyway. [ because, fuck that octopus. for god's sake. ]
I'll do what I can to make it up to you, if a little. But I apologize if I won't get on my knees for it. I'll find some other way.
[ he does actually sound like he has some conviction in this. he'll make it a little mission for himself, maybe. he does have the sense of fairness, he wouldn't want to owe a debt or be caught lacking in an unequal transaction. ]