Not just Setsuna interacting with the children, but Setsuna in general. Softspoken. Quiet. Yet he senses steel in him, from what he'd said earlier, from how he stared at him when he dared to brush fingers. He senses purpose and he senses uncertainty in the same breath, a flash of anxiety before he holds their hands. Why? Of course they don't know each other, of course he has no reason to care, but...
Well, even if it's slight, even if he may be mistaken, he's still a reminder of home. And Gilgamesh will take what he can get in this world so far away from his own.]
Yes, yes. Run along, now, we've got pressing hero business to attend.
[The children wave their goodbyes, all smiles and glowing faces, and disappear in the distance. Gilgamesh, for his part, seems a little subdued compared to before. It's hard to look docile with red eyes and a naturally smug demeanor, but at any rate he no longer appears ready to spring unwanted contact on the other man.
It takes a bit of concentration, but Gilgamesh decides to the tests the waters and addresses Setsuna with a general Arabic dialect.]
Do you understand?
[It's two questions, really: asking after a shared homeland, and regarding the mana transfer that just took place.]
this got unexpectedly cute what the hell
Not just Setsuna interacting with the children, but Setsuna in general. Softspoken. Quiet. Yet he senses steel in him, from what he'd said earlier, from how he stared at him when he dared to brush fingers. He senses purpose and he senses uncertainty in the same breath, a flash of anxiety before he holds their hands. Why? Of course they don't know each other, of course he has no reason to care, but...
Well, even if it's slight, even if he may be mistaken, he's still a reminder of home. And Gilgamesh will take what he can get in this world so far away from his own.]
Yes, yes. Run along, now, we've got pressing hero business to attend.
[The children wave their goodbyes, all smiles and glowing faces, and disappear in the distance. Gilgamesh, for his part, seems a little subdued compared to before. It's hard to look docile with red eyes and a naturally smug demeanor, but at any rate he no longer appears ready to spring unwanted contact on the other man.
It takes a bit of concentration, but Gilgamesh decides to the tests the waters and addresses Setsuna with a general Arabic dialect.]
Do you understand?
[It's two questions, really: asking after a shared homeland, and regarding the mana transfer that just took place.]