yves stills when claude's hand comes up, and there's just a little hitch in his breath that comes with the touch. he doesn't shift any further, afraid of dislodging his mask even the slightest bit, but...
he blinks in surprise, and only after a second, does he carefully move back just a bit to regain space ]
I trust you.
[ just to put that into the air between them. it's not claude, it's just a lifetime of rejection speaking. ]
... but you're right. I do like it. It was the first kindness that was shown to me after the fire, and from the first person who was willing to speak to a lonely child. I'm grateful, for a lot of reasons.
[ HE RELATES TOO HARD.... yves will just nod gratefully, and go back to looking out at the ocean side by side. he'll lean lightly against claude to regain some of that closeness even if he's not entirely comfortable with a hand by his mask ]
Some nice traveling merchant... He looked really ethereal...
I must've kept him a while, just asking him to talk to me. [ a little laugh ] So... I'm glad he did.
[ Aw, gives him a brief hug at that, squeezing him with the energy of an Asian uncle. ]
People can be assholes, unfortunately. All we can do is try and surround ourselves with the positivity needed to remind us that the world isn't all terrible.
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yves stills when claude's hand comes up, and there's just a little hitch in his breath that comes with the touch. he doesn't shift any further, afraid of dislodging his mask even the slightest bit, but...
he blinks in surprise, and only after a second, does he carefully move back just a bit to regain space ]
I trust you.
[ just to put that into the air between them. it's not claude, it's just a lifetime of rejection speaking. ]
... but you're right. I do like it. It was the first kindness that was shown to me after the fire, and from the first person who was willing to speak to a lonely child. I'm grateful, for a lot of reasons.
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His hand drops to Yves' shoulder, squeezing for a moment before falling away. ]
Mhm, nothing wrong with being grateful for that kindness. Who was it, anyway? That gave you the mask?
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Some nice traveling merchant... He looked really ethereal...
I must've kept him a while, just asking him to talk to me. [ a little laugh ] So... I'm glad he did.
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[ They can lean! Cozy... ]
Kind of nice to find kindness like that in a stranger.
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[ he's not afraid of admitting it ]
Things got better after that though, and I'm okay now. People keep their distrust to whispers, and they're nice enough to my face.
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People can be assholes, unfortunately. All we can do is try and surround ourselves with the positivity needed to remind us that the world isn't all terrible.
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I don't think it's terrible... There's people like you in it, so I feel fortunate that our paths have crossed.