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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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[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.

[heresyandlace.livejournal.com]

Alright.

[he'll accept that for now. the important part is that Robin is playing along at all]

I like cryptic.

[birdmetaphor.livejournal.com]

I bet you do.

[smirk.]

[heresyandlace.livejournal.com]

[smirks more. this is way too much fun.]

Is it that obvious?

[birdmetaphor.livejournal.com]

You seem the type.

[heresyandlace.livejournal.com]

Do I? What gave me away?

[birdmetaphor.livejournal.com]

The eloquent remarks, of course. Conversation with such craft isn't used by people who want to go straight to the point of things. That, and...

[he takes a step so that he's more shoulder-to-shoulder with him, facing the opposite way.]

Well, I obviously don't have the same sort of abilities as you, but I do notice a thing or two here and there. The young are foolish, rushing into things headfirst. Years are kinder to puzzles and the more intricate parts social interaction.

[heresyandlace.livejournal.com]

[ha... there is something like a low purr in his throat, something surprised--inhuman and deeply pleased--as he turns his head to glance Robin's way]

...My, you have a way with words.