[Every word is absorbed. Each compliment is analysed. Both are prized apart and picked into pieces, then rebuilt to ensure truth and veracity. Distrust of strangers darkens his face, etched into tired and wrinkled lines.
Then he stops studying Gustave. He looks into the fire and begins studying something that happened decades ago.]
It's been a while since I heard anyone say something positive.
[People complained about not seeing the skies above. People complained about living behind a wall. People complained about being alive. He is more than a little jaded. That might be why he finds the other man's enthusiasm rather offputting.]
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look at that goddamn NERD
Date: 2025-05-18 09:15 pm (UTC)Then he stops studying Gustave. He looks into the fire and begins studying something that happened decades ago.]
It's been a while since I heard anyone say something positive.
[People complained about not seeing the skies above. People complained about living behind a wall. People complained about being alive. He is more than a little jaded. That might be why he finds the other man's enthusiasm rather offputting.]