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[birdmetaphor.livejournal.com]

[he's been quiet lately due to some recent events and all... and hey, he's keeping that up. Robin can be found in the Orrery, preoccupied with gazing at the giant model of the universe spinning above him. the Stewards have done a pretty good job of fixing most of it. you almost couldn't tell anything had happened.

...bothers him a little. come bother him out of his thoughts, if you want!]

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[birdmetaphor.livejournal.com]

[he gives him a glance when he wanders in, at least. he tilts his head a little before replying.]

Sure. It's quiet in here.

[heresyandlace.livejournal.com]

Hiding from noise, then?

[he'll continue until his wandering path brings him more or less to Robin's side. And then eyes are back up to the orrery itself, watching it from Robin's vantage point now]

...What do you suppose it's for?

[birdmetaphor.livejournal.com]

[sure, that explanation for his hiding works. he will continue to go with it, not reacting to Tek's being so close.]

Science, I'm sure. It's of no use to me, this universe only vaguely resembles the one I know.

[heresyandlace.livejournal.com]

Mm. I know the feeling.

[like Robin, he's looking at the mechanism, but his attention is decidedly somewhere else]

Still, I'm not surprised to find you here.

[birdmetaphor.livejournal.com]

What a lead-in. Does that come with an observation about my personality, or something of the sort?

[heresyandlace.livejournal.com]

Oh no, I hardly know you at all.

[ah, the smirking. he really does enjoy talking to you, Robin. you make it fun.]

I don't need to know anything about your personality to know that you are important.

[birdmetaphor.livejournal.com]

Ah, the flattering truth. An excellent choice.

[he is happy to provide.]

[heresyandlace.livejournal.com]

Oh, I don't know about flattering. You feel something like spiderwebs.

[and, on that note, as if it's not related at all--]

--I've thought of a way to describe it, by the way.

[birdmetaphor.livejournal.com]

On the contrary. I get so little credit for my work--strands suit me just fine.

[at least--that's his theory. he just needed the hint, now he's re-evaluating what he'd assumed about it earlier.]

But if you have a better explanation, by all means... Please do feel free to share.

[heresyandlace.livejournal.com]

[and he will happily oblige. He's had time to think, after all, and seems much more willing to go into detail now]

I think the easiest way to explain it is... very much like cobwebs. It's a tactile thing.

[birdmetaphor.livejournal.com]

That accounts for the distance, then... [...intriguing!]

[heresyandlace.livejournal.com]

Mhmm. It's funny, the things you can tell from such a small sensation.

[ah, and something else sort of clicks into place, then. Giving a short glance up to the orrery again as if noticing it for the first time, he hops topics without warning--]

...Were you here to see it? [turning to look at Robin, tilting his head a little so he can really see his face]

[birdmetaphor.livejournal.com]

[ah. he knows exactly what this is. Tek's looking is met with a glance back in his direction, gaze holding for just a little too long before it flickers back towards the device rotating slowly above their heads.]

Not quite.

[heresyandlace.livejournal.com]

[--aha, a reaction! A small one, but it's more than enough for Tek]

You knew them, then. [...] At the very least.

[birdmetaphor.livejournal.com]

[he doesn't have to wait for this one:] Yes.

[heresyandlace.livejournal.com]

Did I interrupt your brooding, then?

[birdmetaphor.livejournal.com]

I could punch you in the face. Right now.

I hope you realize that.

[heresyandlace.livejournal.com]

I'll take that as a yes.

[birdmetaphor.livejournal.com]

Brooding is such an indelicate way to put it. [he gives Tek another very pointed look. but this one is more obviously "why you gotta be like that, man".]

[heresyandlace.livejournal.com]

[he just eats up that look]

How would you put it?

[birdmetaphor.livejournal.com]

Considering.

[heresyandlace.livejournal.com]

That's a little too neutral, I think.

[birdmetaphor.livejournal.com]

Reconsidering.

[heresyandlace.livejournal.com]

Reconsidering?

[birdmetaphor.livejournal.com]

Reconsidering. [he shifts a little, stretching out his arms...] Consider it the negative connotation you were looking for.