frowning - vax softens a little, genuine concern on his face, and reaches out. he has already proved himself completely unafraid of getting in emet's personal space, so he puts his hand on his arm. ]
Hey - hey. It's alright. Just you and me, big guy. I spilled half my shit into your lap just now. You hold onto mine, I'll hold onto yours.
[stop being so touchy-- he tenses further beneath it, pulling his arm back reflexively.
he's quiet for several moments, before he speaks.]
Not long before coming here, I- there was a strange visitor to our home. One that seemed to be naught but a familiar, albeit with the same color to their soul as a... colleague of mine. Strange, for a familiar to have a soul at all, but we brought it with us nevertheless.
[a slow exhale, though he is no less on edge.]
They claim to be-- they say they are a version of that person. From the future. A piece of their soul after our very world was... broken. A thoroughly ridiculous claim to make, and yet that color-
[...ugh. he scowls further, there. he meant to keep that last bit to himself.]
...worse, the others I currently work with believe them.
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frowning - vax softens a little, genuine concern on his face, and reaches out. he has already proved himself completely unafraid of getting in emet's personal space, so he puts his hand on his arm. ]
Hey - hey. It's alright. Just you and me, big guy. I spilled half my shit into your lap just now. You hold onto mine, I'll hold onto yours.
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he's quiet for several moments, before he speaks.]
Not long before coming here, I- there was a strange visitor to our home. One that seemed to be naught but a familiar, albeit with the same color to their soul as a... colleague of mine. Strange, for a familiar to have a soul at all, but we brought it with us nevertheless.
[a slow exhale, though he is no less on edge.]
They claim to be-- they say they are a version of that person. From the future. A piece of their soul after our very world was... broken. A thoroughly ridiculous claim to make, and yet that color-
[...ugh. he scowls further, there. he meant to keep that last bit to himself.]
...worse, the others I currently work with believe them.