[ The jacket is a convenient way to hide his expression, which is marginally more important to him than hiding his scars— the former is more symbolically significant, while the latter is more practical. He isn't ashamed of his exposed teeth and the ugly mechanisms fastened to his jaw, but he understands, objectively, that it's not something he wants to alarm other people with.
So it's less nervous when his hand draws up again, more inconvenienced. He doesn't want to be obvious about the fact that his features have softened incrementally, though that may be an uphill battle. For someone so strong-willed (he assumes), that initial bashfulness is unexpected, and the fact that she humors him? Even more so.
It's nice, her vocalizations. He can't think of a better word for it, much like he doesn't really know how to describe his affinity for simple, unspoken things. And even if doesn't speak mermaid, he wants to think he understands the sentiment. ]
...I don't have a point of reference. So I wouldn't know. [ About her singing, he means. Or her inability to sound as good in human form. ] If you want me to stroke your ego on that front, you'll have to sing for me sometime else.
[ Sarcastic? Maybe, but he doesn't usually say things like 'next time'... so he almost regrets it, looks vaguely perturbed at himself for having voiced that. He wasn't supposed to say that?! ]
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So it's less nervous when his hand draws up again, more inconvenienced. He doesn't want to be obvious about the fact that his features have softened incrementally, though that may be an uphill battle. For someone so strong-willed (he assumes), that initial bashfulness is unexpected, and the fact that she humors him? Even more so.
It's nice, her vocalizations. He can't think of a better word for it, much like he doesn't really know how to describe his affinity for simple, unspoken things. And even if doesn't speak mermaid, he wants to think he understands the sentiment. ]
...I don't have a point of reference. So I wouldn't know. [ About her singing, he means. Or her inability to sound as good in human form. ] If you want me to stroke your ego on that front, you'll have to sing for me sometime else.
[ Sarcastic? Maybe, but he doesn't usually say things like 'next time'... so he almost regrets it, looks vaguely perturbed at himself for having voiced that. He wasn't supposed to say that?! ]