[It's just easier to take careful hold of Rohan's head for his look, one hand underneath his chin to help keep it still, the other wavering like he wants to help tug back his lip himself but well aware that he probably will get a finger bitten off in the attempt if he takes the liberty of trying.
He's really not looking so good lately. And the rest of it adds up into an ugly picture — the terse words, the extra crabbiness, the little imperfections he's been trying to hide. He's seen that habit before, the bustling around and carrying on and never letting on. The last time it ended in a collapse and a time limit that resulted in the deaths of three of his friends.
He finds he doesn't know what to do with that. It's a feeling he doesn't like — like how the gargoyle doesn't like seeing meat on the floor and not having it in its claws, maybe — but that doesn't mean he knows what to do with it.]
How long has it been hurting?
[He doesn't bother to question whether or not it has. If he's wrong, Rohan will bite his head off, and if he's right, he'll...still bite his head off, probably, but at least they won't be fucking around with stupid lead-in questions when he can get right to the point with a better one.]
Since before just now, just this guy. I can tell that much.
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[It's just easier to take careful hold of Rohan's head for his look, one hand underneath his chin to help keep it still, the other wavering like he wants to help tug back his lip himself but well aware that he probably will get a finger bitten off in the attempt if he takes the liberty of trying.
He's really not looking so good lately. And the rest of it adds up into an ugly picture — the terse words, the extra crabbiness, the little imperfections he's been trying to hide. He's seen that habit before, the bustling around and carrying on and never letting on. The last time it ended in a collapse and a time limit that resulted in the deaths of three of his friends.
He finds he doesn't know what to do with that. It's a feeling he doesn't like — like how the gargoyle doesn't like seeing meat on the floor and not having it in its claws, maybe — but that doesn't mean he knows what to do with it.]
How long has it been hurting?
[He doesn't bother to question whether or not it has. If he's wrong, Rohan will bite his head off, and if he's right, he'll...still bite his head off, probably, but at least they won't be fucking around with stupid lead-in questions when he can get right to the point with a better one.]
Since before just now, just this guy. I can tell that much.