He's missed both of their touches. Adelaide's is the most recently gained and the most recently lost, but for years he'd worked with Compassion, up until the moment he'd joined with Justice, and he'd not really gotten the chance to say goodbye. This isn't his Compassion, but the touch is the same.
Anders closes his eyes as Compassion starts to sing, fighting to keep too many emotions from overflowing. He has more than he'd dreamed of, more than he could have dared hope already. This feeling of... whatever it is, needs to be gotten under control.
When Adelaide comes back in he opens his eyes again, smiling faintly at the slumbering kitten, feeling a little guilty about depriving her of Nate if she'd wanted to stay. But the archer will probably rest better without her as Anders will sleep better with her. He reaches up to take her with a murmured thanks, letting the kitten burrow against him in the seconds it takes her to fall back asleep.
"She is caring itself." His eyes linger on Adelaide as he says it, leaving the 'she' open to interpretation as Justice bristles. Purrelden, Compassion, Adelaide. His feelings for all of them are only going to cause more problems in Justice's opinion, but there's nothing he can do to get Anders focused only on priorities. He's tried.
"Wake me before too long, please?" He tries to fight off a yawn and fails, eyes already closing a little. It's comfortable here. "I don't want to overburden the team. We're all tired as it is." Not like if she disagrees he'll be able to stay awake at this point.
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Anders closes his eyes as Compassion starts to sing, fighting to keep too many emotions from overflowing. He has more than he'd dreamed of, more than he could have dared hope already. This feeling of... whatever it is, needs to be gotten under control.
When Adelaide comes back in he opens his eyes again, smiling faintly at the slumbering kitten, feeling a little guilty about depriving her of Nate if she'd wanted to stay. But the archer will probably rest better without her as Anders will sleep better with her. He reaches up to take her with a murmured thanks, letting the kitten burrow against him in the seconds it takes her to fall back asleep.
"She is caring itself." His eyes linger on Adelaide as he says it, leaving the 'she' open to interpretation as Justice bristles. Purrelden, Compassion, Adelaide. His feelings for all of them are only going to cause more problems in Justice's opinion, but there's nothing he can do to get Anders focused only on priorities. He's tried.
"Wake me before too long, please?" He tries to fight off a yawn and fails, eyes already closing a little. It's comfortable here. "I don't want to overburden the team. We're all tired as it is." Not like if she disagrees he'll be able to stay awake at this point.