[ he figures he could argue here that he thinks he knows him pretty well? they're driven, and intelligent and sharp - funny, too. they cares a great deal about their craft and has made something beautiful with it, something only a very few are able to accomplish at all, let alone to master. they're figuring out how to be a different person than maybe they had been until recently, but gale likes that new person - the only version that gale himself has met. they have always been a surprisingly good listener, and even better confidant. they pretend they don't need friends or connection despite a very obvious care for them.
which should maybe clue gale into what it is essek is doing here right now, but he's had a long day. earlier he had to kill a guy who was begging for his life and is feeling a little emotionally raw from all of that.
he pulls his hands back, appropriately shamed for fucking up and being too forward. ]
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[ he figures he could argue here that he thinks he knows him pretty well? they're driven, and intelligent and sharp - funny, too. they cares a great deal about their craft and has made something beautiful with it, something only a very few are able to accomplish at all, let alone to master. they're figuring out how to be a different person than maybe they had been until recently, but gale likes that new person - the only version that gale himself has met. they have always been a surprisingly good listener, and even better confidant. they pretend they don't need friends or connection despite a very obvious care for them.
which should maybe clue gale into what it is essek is doing here right now, but he's had a long day. earlier he had to kill a guy who was begging for his life and is feeling a little emotionally raw from all of that.
he pulls his hands back, appropriately shamed for fucking up and being too forward. ]
My apologies. I overstepped.