( despite the sarcasm, there's no bite to it, and frankly - aspen himself feels surprised by it. every person that seems to come close brings out the tetchiness in him: a man who gets too close brings him close to bearing his curved canines like a cat, a woman asking him if he's alright had him snapping at her.
but the one person he knows will bite back, he feels no inclination to bite. funny. )
I was wondering where you went off to - I couldn't find hide nor hair of you when I went into the city. Will you sit down with me? I need to take some medicine for this gods-awful flower cough, and I have some hot tea I can share.
( he won't bring up laurent's awful condition. ... yet. granted, aspen isn't as hale as he looks. sure, his long hair is in a tight, neat braid and the double-breasted dress is crisp and deep with fluffy petticoats underneath, but his wings are kept much closer to his body than usual and there are the beginnings of dark circles under his eyes. )
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Charming as ever.
( despite the sarcasm, there's no bite to it, and frankly - aspen himself feels surprised by it. every person that seems to come close brings out the tetchiness in him: a man who gets too close brings him close to bearing his curved canines like a cat, a woman asking him if he's alright had him snapping at her.
but the one person he knows will bite back, he feels no inclination to bite. funny. )
I was wondering where you went off to - I couldn't find hide nor hair of you when I went into the city. Will you sit down with me? I need to take some medicine for this gods-awful flower cough, and I have some hot tea I can share.
( he won't bring up laurent's awful condition. ... yet. granted, aspen isn't as hale as he looks. sure, his long hair is in a tight, neat braid and the double-breasted dress is crisp and deep with fluffy petticoats underneath, but his wings are kept much closer to his body than usual and there are the beginnings of dark circles under his eyes. )