[He repeats back the question with an addendum for the sake of clarification, but it's enough to draw his attention away from the window. Maybe his stare is a little too close, a little too intent, but it's mostly coming from a place of soft surprise that shifts into fondness. Ciel always seems able to bowl ahead a little less elegantly when the words that he says genuinely come from the heart; that's definitely something that Oz has noticed. So the awkwardness here isn't missed, and Oz can interpret it fairly well.
The question itself is a little difficult, but it's enough to bring his smile back, if only by a little.]
If I understood that, maybe I could have been better help. Levi... he may be hard to understand, but he isn't the kind of person who would do that, I think.
[And on a more personal level, he did want to know why it was him. Not in a "woe is me" sort of way, but because there seems to be a very unfortunate trend indeed regarding the luck of people around him.]
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[He repeats back the question with an addendum for the sake of clarification, but it's enough to draw his attention away from the window. Maybe his stare is a little too close, a little too intent, but it's mostly coming from a place of soft surprise that shifts into fondness. Ciel always seems able to bowl ahead a little less elegantly when the words that he says genuinely come from the heart; that's definitely something that Oz has noticed. So the awkwardness here isn't missed, and Oz can interpret it fairly well.
The question itself is a little difficult, but it's enough to bring his smile back, if only by a little.]
If I understood that, maybe I could have been better help. Levi... he may be hard to understand, but he isn't the kind of person who would do that, I think.
[And on a more personal level, he did want to know why it was him. Not in a "woe is me" sort of way, but because there seems to be a very unfortunate trend indeed regarding the luck of people around him.]