[the other eyebrow rising too, opening his expression-]
But is it giving, if the receiver doesn't want such touches?
[really, Dazai is skirting a little too close. Dancing words like this usually set Linneus at his ease, but he can feel his own reluctant guard right now, that this is not just verbal sparring designed the keep someone at arm's length - they're past that already. Perhaps that is as much to do with the perceptiveness of his than man at his side as his own fragility at the moment; his fragility telling him to be more protective of his vulnerabilities, for his own sake.]
I've seen rough hands used softly.
[...he doesn't mean 'seen']
And more than too often I've seen soft hands used roughly, too.
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[the other eyebrow rising too, opening his expression-]
But is it giving, if the receiver doesn't want such touches?
[really, Dazai is skirting a little too close. Dancing words like this usually set Linneus at his ease, but he can feel his own reluctant guard right now, that this is not just verbal sparring designed the keep someone at arm's length - they're past that already. Perhaps that is as much to do with the perceptiveness of his than man at his side as his own fragility at the moment; his fragility telling him to be more protective of his vulnerabilities, for his own sake.]
I've seen rough hands used softly.
[...he doesn't mean 'seen']
And more than too often I've seen soft hands used roughly, too.