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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]

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.

[birdmetaphor.livejournal.com]

I have a way with a lot of things.

[meets his glance. B)]

[heresyandlace.livejournal.com]

[he takes a deft little step to the side, the front of his suddenly significantly curvier chest brushing across Robin's as he more or less moves over to get in his way, hovering at his other shoulder now. The rest of him is suddenly different as well--hair tumbles down in waves, features round and soften, even clothes change to accommodate her now very feminine form.]

I had a feeling you might.

[birdmetaphor.livejournal.com]

[suddenly, tits.

that was at least obviously not a thing he expected to happen. he's not particularly freaked out or anything, but he does look... surprised... and kind of confused... and leans back a little as he tries to figure this out.]

Thaaaat just got weird.

[heresyandlace.livejournal.com]

[suddenly, fantastic tits.

She doesn't seem fazed by his surprise. She gets that a lot.]

Something wrong?

[birdmetaphor.livejournal.com]

[for a second he has to stop and honest-to-god think about whether or not there is a problem here. but now he just seems mildly inconvenienced.]

You do this a lot, don't you.

[heresyandlace.livejournal.com]

[ha! She can't help but laugh. No one has honestly ever given that sort of reaction, and it totally delights her]

Why wouldn't I?

[birdmetaphor.livejournal.com]

Exactly my point. I know I would.

[he takes a step back so that he can... look her over properly. touching his chin, the whole nine-considering-yards.]

You look good, though. Nice tits, the whole shebang.

[heresyandlace.livejournal.com]

[oh god she just... thinks he is the most hilarious thing. Not only does she not mind the look in the least, she gives a gracious little curtsey]

Why, thank you. I grew them myself.

[birdmetaphor.livejournal.com]

[sdfjkldfsdfsdfsdfsd. now it's his turn to be horribly amused, nearly cackling and bending over a little with the effort to not... die. jeez, Tek.]

Shit. You are something else, I'll give you that.

Ah--I have to ask. Is there much point in thinking of you as Tek now?

[heresyandlace.livejournal.com]

[she was delighted with him before, but something about his laughter and that question just...

well, she almost seems something like genuinely flattered that he would even ask]

You can call me Kett, if you'd like. ...They're both nicknames, of course.

[birdmetaphor.livejournal.com]

Ah... [that tells him a lot. excellent.]

Is getting you to give your real name an easy task?