[ There's a pause. He remains, always, more accustomed and more comfortable with being defensively bratty and incorrigible in the face of never-ending and unstoppable criticism (thanks Isolde, thanks Chantry, thanks nearly everyone) than he is with handling unexpected empathy or damn-giving. It makes him fumble. And while he's fumbling, he clings to the detached humor. ]
Aww, Nathaniel. I'm touched.
[ Except he is, actually. There's another pause. ]
And I'm sorry I made a spectacle of it. I should have just put something in his food.
crystal
[ There's a pause. He remains, always, more accustomed and more comfortable with being defensively bratty and incorrigible in the face of never-ending and unstoppable criticism (thanks Isolde, thanks Chantry, thanks nearly everyone) than he is with handling unexpected empathy or damn-giving. It makes him fumble. And while he's fumbling, he clings to the detached humor. ]
Aww, Nathaniel. I'm touched.
[ Except he is, actually. There's another pause. ]
And I'm sorry I made a spectacle of it. I should have just put something in his food.