While admittedly his expression does go a little slack at that for a moment—awe, really, as much as surprise—it's quickly replaced by how he, well. Laughs softly under his breath then, and begins to let his hands drop. Perhaps not just compartmentalizing for her sake as much in that moment and actually feeling a bit of the weight lifted off his heart. A bit less like there's still a cold dread and panicky itch on the back of his neck.
Is that what it was called, then... Heh. ]
Ah— [ Laughing, so lightly, with such pleasant and blasé cheer.
And pulling back a little then, he cocks his head to the side with a bright sort of smile. ]
So that's what that is then. [ And actually... he seems warmed.
Because let's be real, with how weird everything else is in his life... a girl that projects her feelings as light isn't that strange. Or at least that's the only way he can explain what that is... ]
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While admittedly his expression does go a little slack at that for a moment—awe, really, as much as surprise—it's quickly replaced by how he, well. Laughs softly under his breath then, and begins to let his hands drop. Perhaps not just compartmentalizing for her sake as much in that moment and actually feeling a bit of the weight lifted off his heart. A bit less like there's still a cold dread and panicky itch on the back of his neck.
Is that what it was called, then... Heh. ]
Ah— [ Laughing, so lightly, with such pleasant and blasé cheer.
And pulling back a little then, he cocks his head to the side with a bright sort of smile. ]
So that's what that is then. [ And actually... he seems warmed.
Because let's be real, with how weird everything else is in his life... a girl that projects her feelings as light isn't that strange. Or at least that's the only way he can explain what that is... ]