they definitely need to start moving soon, just on the off-chance this tentative peace doesn't last long — but don't think he doesn't catch that bashful look, and it's endearing in much the same way as, say, something one of his younger teammates would give. if they were given to bashful looks in the first.
but hey, waver. avoidance of eye contact is never going to make things as easy as you want them to be. just putting that out there. but being bashful about being thanked is no reason to be bashful at all — though shiro at least has enough good graces to keep from calling him out about it.
hey, as long as the thanks is met well enough and not blatantly discarded, we're good here. so that means we can move right along! ) I've seen a lot go bad, too. ( he does say, however, before they even think about getting moving. ) Not just here.
( and that's gonna set the tone for the whole rest of this interaction, isn't it?
and. really. the whole reason about not wanting to extend the prosthetic, especially during a first meeting is that he's convinced people would rather touch a human hand than one made of … some alloy or another that is always going to be cold to the touch. impersonal. but. that really isn't the point here.
he nods. they can exchange proper formalities later. ) Right. Let's — ( he looks around them, and finally decides on a direction, steers them toward it. ) This way.
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they definitely need to start moving soon, just on the off-chance this tentative peace doesn't last long — but don't think he doesn't catch that bashful look, and it's endearing in much the same way as, say, something one of his younger teammates would give. if they were given to bashful looks in the first.
but hey, waver. avoidance of eye contact is never going to make things as easy as you want them to be. just putting that out there. but being bashful about being thanked is no reason to be bashful at all — though shiro at least has enough good graces to keep from calling him out about it.
hey, as long as the thanks is met well enough and not blatantly discarded, we're good here. so that means we can move right along! ) I've seen a lot go bad, too. ( he does say, however, before they even think about getting moving. ) Not just here.
( and that's gonna set the tone for the whole rest of this interaction, isn't it?
and. really. the whole reason about not wanting to extend the prosthetic, especially during a first meeting is that he's convinced people would rather touch a human hand than one made of … some alloy or another that is always going to be cold to the touch. impersonal. but. that really isn't the point here.
he nods. they can exchange proper formalities later. ) Right. Let's — ( he looks around them, and finally decides on a direction, steers them toward it. ) This way.