( in her defense, his perspective is probably the most difficult one, if only because his thought processes have been so skewed for so long that he's beginning to wonder if he's ever understood himself on the most basic level; he almost can't remember the last time he'd had a thought that wasn't about bringing down the whole of humanity, of watching them all burn for what they'd done to his sister, the plants in general β except, perhaps, in more recent months.
curiously, he hasn't had a single ill thought of humanity in general since the human next to him had shown up. and tried to effectively beat him up, but. he's learning that the small ones are always the most feisty, even if he could have guessed it from the very start. before they'd both come here.
her second nature is so foreign to him that he's the one that almost pulls back from it; it startles him, to say the very least of it, a bit of a tremor working its way through him from their point of contact, where she's laced their fingers together and he's almost certain he stops breathing for a handful of seconds. long enough for him to register the touch of skin against skin, cool against warm, how soft her fingers are.
he's so unused to touch that doesn't come from his brother that it takes him a moment to pull himself together, and before he realizes it, he's squeezing her fingers in return. subtly, but it's very much there. )
Friends. ( he says quietly, voice barely above a whisper. it feels tentative, what he wants to say next, but she's taken her chance with him more than anything else, and it's his turn to take a leap of faith. ) I believe you're the first I've made here, little one. ( despite vash wishing he would get out and meet people more, he's never going to put himself out there as much as his brother does.
and he isn't being condescending, either. not in the slightest. welcome to your new nickname, but we aren't going to be upset if she gets all huffy about it at first. or stays huffy about it. it's going to stick, so she might as well get used to it. ) I'm here for you as well, should you ever have need of me.
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Date: 2023-12-28 05:08 pm (UTC)curiously, he hasn't had a single ill thought of humanity in general since the human next to him had shown up. and tried to effectively beat him up, but. he's learning that the small ones are always the most feisty, even if he could have guessed it from the very start. before they'd both come here.
her second nature is so foreign to him that he's the one that almost pulls back from it; it startles him, to say the very least of it, a bit of a tremor working its way through him from their point of contact, where she's laced their fingers together and he's almost certain he stops breathing for a handful of seconds. long enough for him to register the touch of skin against skin, cool against warm, how soft her fingers are.
he's so unused to touch that doesn't come from his brother that it takes him a moment to pull himself together, and before he realizes it, he's squeezing her fingers in return. subtly, but it's very much there. )
Friends. ( he says quietly, voice barely above a whisper. it feels tentative, what he wants to say next, but she's taken her chance with him more than anything else, and it's his turn to take a leap of faith. ) I believe you're the first I've made here, little one. ( despite vash wishing he would get out and meet people more, he's never going to put himself out there as much as his brother does.
and he isn't being condescending, either. not in the slightest. welcome to your new nickname, but we aren't going to be upset if she gets all huffy about it at first. or stays huffy about it. it's going to stick, so she might as well get used to it. ) I'm here for you as well, should you ever have need of me.