[But that's another question, indeed — one whose decision sort of gets made for him when he watches the flesh come sliding off the armbones like a particularly tender piece of chicken. He'd been working up the courage before, taking a backseat to the gargoyle instincts that simply want to feed and see this as nothing more than dinner, but the sight visibly rattles him, despite his best efforts to stay calm and still.
All of a sudden, stop surviving and start being okay seems to take on a different but immediately significant meaning.
He casts Rohan a half-alarmed, half-stricken look that still comes out more muted on his expression than it would on most people's — delivered mostly through the eyes.]
Can you —
[God, this is mortifying.]
...Maybe if it...looked a little less like a person.
[God, he should just figure it out and cope with it, but suddenly he just doesn't want to this time.]
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[But that's another question, indeed — one whose decision sort of gets made for him when he watches the flesh come sliding off the armbones like a particularly tender piece of chicken. He'd been working up the courage before, taking a backseat to the gargoyle instincts that simply want to feed and see this as nothing more than dinner, but the sight visibly rattles him, despite his best efforts to stay calm and still.
All of a sudden, stop surviving and start being okay seems to take on a different but immediately significant meaning.
He casts Rohan a half-alarmed, half-stricken look that still comes out more muted on his expression than it would on most people's — delivered mostly through the eyes.]
Can you —
[God, this is mortifying.]
...Maybe if it...looked a little less like a person.
[God, he should just figure it out and cope with it, but suddenly he just doesn't want to this time.]