[ Thing is—comfortable how is not a question that occurs to him. He knows the comfort of preparedness, of taking stock and having a plan in place. Of provisions and alarms.
Of a shelter there to retreat into like an escape hatch from your own damn head.
He gives a ruminative: ] Uh-huh. [ And on its heels, dryly: ] Don't suppose you've given any thought to investing in a lighter.
[ When she points out the mask, he looks left and then right. It seems deliberate. It's not, at any rate, accompanied by any fidgeting, any extraneous movement. ] Reflectatine. Protects against psychic backlash from extradimensional events. [ Such as, you know. Showing up here.
His gaze—such as it is, the silvered-over eye sockets each cupping a tiny reflection of her—returns to her. Slowly and distinctly, in the manner of a zookeeper at the lion's cage, he adds: ] Please do not touch it.
no subject
Of a shelter there to retreat into like an escape hatch from your own damn head.
He gives a ruminative: ] Uh-huh. [ And on its heels, dryly: ] Don't suppose you've given any thought to investing in a lighter.
[ When she points out the mask, he looks left and then right. It seems deliberate. It's not, at any rate, accompanied by any fidgeting, any extraneous movement. ] Reflectatine. Protects against psychic backlash from extradimensional events. [ Such as, you know. Showing up here.
His gaze—such as it is, the silvered-over eye sockets each cupping a tiny reflection of her—returns to her. Slowly and distinctly, in the manner of a zookeeper at the lion's cage, he adds: ] Please do not touch it.