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[ sure he can touch! it doesn't really feel like anything - they're cool to the touch, and tragically not very fluffy. they are solid, though!

aquila holds still for this, allowing it. ]

[ktiseos]

[solid is enough. look, maybe he just wants to touch, let him live.

he seems content to do so quietly for now, though, just sitting here in peace for the time being.]

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[ this is fine. pet the bird!

aquila doesn't seem to mind too much. they keep these wings close to their back, generally, so they extend one out for his reach, head moving absently like they're looking at the flowers. ]

[ktiseos]

[he is now in the 'hold a bird gently' section of that one chart

after a bit, though, as he idly pets this wing:]

Aquila. Who would you say you are close with, here, if you are willing to answer?

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[ oh. hmm! ]

Uhhh. [ wow they do actually have to think for a second. ] The crew from the station, for sure, all of em. Estelle's a sweetheart. Kaeya's great - Jason and Hua Cheng're a riot, Cloud too. Fun to pick on.

[ be nice, aquila. they fold their arms. ] Why? Looking for new conversation partners again? Haha.

[ktiseos]

I believe you already ensured that adequately enough.

[huff.]

...but we have similar enough taste to begin with, I believe.

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[ they laugh. ]

Yeah, probably. They're good people. All of em.

[ktiseos]

...so they are. All of them that I know, at the least.

[he doesn't talk to everyone on aquila's list, but. enough of them.]

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[ cheerfully ]

Time to get to know the rest!

[ktiseos]

No, I've done your task, it is too late for this.

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[ they sigh and shake their head. ]

's not too late to make friends, ever. Really, you should be trying to talk to them more and me less, y'know.

[ktiseos]

I am perfectly capable of speaking to others as well as you-- not knowing everyone that you do hardly means I don't know anyone at all.

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I know, I know.

[ they huff. ] Just saying. Gotta remember who your friends are, here.

[ktiseos]

Do you mean to imply, then, that you are not?

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... I'm on the Staff, remember?

[ktiseos]

I should not think the two to be mutually exclusive.

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You and I both know they should be.

[ they sigh, though, lifting a hand under their veil to scrub their face. ]

[ktiseos]

...come, now. How many people here do you think would stand for that?

[he knows how mortals are, by now.]

And you know my feelings on sentiment. I would not say it were it not accurate.

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's why I said should.

[ the hand stays under there, for now, rubbing their temples. ]

...thanks, I guess. [ a little lighter. ]

[ktiseos]

[affection week is a lot. it means he's reaching up to rest a hand over where their cheek should be, keeping the veil between them.]

Very few people here do as they should.

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[ it sure is affection week. they stiffen a bit at this, a little surprised by it...

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I've noticed. [ bonk. it's their left cheek so they tilt into it for a moment. ] ... Staff has to do what they should. Little different when you work here, big guy.

[ktiseos]

Then I expect there is enough misbehavior in the rest of us to make up for it.

[he leaves his hand where it is.]

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I know it's gonna sound wild coming from me, but you guys should probably misbehave a little less...?

[ that's a little joking, at least. aquila lets the touch linger for a moment or two longer - and then they pull back, going to move to look at the flowers. ]

[ktiseos]

I do not make a habit of it, at the least.

[but he lets them pull away to go see the flowers, following after a moment.]

You asked mine. Which flowers do you prefer, then.

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[ they hum, walking down a line of flowers. ]

Snowdrops. [ easily. ] But, Estelle and I were talking about plum blossoms the other day. Those're nice, too.