[ his sunny smile in return is one he hasn't often had cause to use in years, but it feels appropriate given clive's long-suffering look.
he lets clive test his weight without protest, feeling a little silly about the whole thing, but nods anyway. when the older man lifts him off his feet, he raises his hands immediately, grateful for perhaps the first time in his life that physically he took more after their mother. there's no way clive would have been able to get his hand into such a small space the creature's blocking. ]
Here, now, [ he soothes as if it can understand him, fingers gentle as he curls them into the tentacles before the thing can scurry further up the pipe. the phoenix's healing touch is supposed to be pleasant, so although his connection is still very weak, he reaches for it, pushing as much of that soothing warmth as he can through his fingers. maybe it'll help convince the odd animal to-- ]
Oh! [ it's a startled, vaguely alarmed gasp as a tentacle crawls down his arm, attaching itself to his forearm in the weirdest sensation he's ever experienced in his life. ] Oh, al..right, I think it's.. coming down..?
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he lets clive test his weight without protest, feeling a little silly about the whole thing, but nods anyway. when the older man lifts him off his feet, he raises his hands immediately, grateful for perhaps the first time in his life that physically he took more after their mother. there's no way clive would have been able to get his hand into such a small space the creature's blocking. ]
Here, now, [ he soothes as if it can understand him, fingers gentle as he curls them into the tentacles before the thing can scurry further up the pipe. the phoenix's healing touch is supposed to be pleasant, so although his connection is still very weak, he reaches for it, pushing as much of that soothing warmth as he can through his fingers. maybe it'll help convince the odd animal to-- ]
Oh! [ it's a startled, vaguely alarmed gasp as a tentacle crawls down his arm, attaching itself to his forearm in the weirdest sensation he's ever experienced in his life. ] Oh, al..right, I think it's.. coming down..?