That it's all shell, anyway. Protecting something, brittle, all anyone sees, strangely organic in a spiral that grows out of itself instead of in. But Matthias is stopping and Marcus stops as well on a slight delay, giving pause to a metaphor he was quite enjoying, drunkenly inspired or not -- mostly so that he can lazily pivot around and reach a hand out to touch the boy's shoulder in the interests of steadying him.
There are some he'd be fine with leaving in the gutter if he were impatient enough. He feels impatience now, but it's tempered with concern. "You're alright -- let's take a moment, then, aye?"
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That it's all shell, anyway. Protecting something, brittle, all anyone sees, strangely organic in a spiral that grows out of itself instead of in. But Matthias is stopping and Marcus stops as well on a slight delay, giving pause to a metaphor he was quite enjoying, drunkenly inspired or not -- mostly so that he can lazily pivot around and reach a hand out to touch the boy's shoulder in the interests of steadying him.
There are some he'd be fine with leaving in the gutter if he were impatient enough. He feels impatience now, but it's tempered with concern. "You're alright -- let's take a moment, then, aye?"