[ Cassian isn't immune to cheerfulness. It's just that he hasn't been exposed to it in so long that it still feels so jarring to him that he doesn't know what to do with it now that it's in front of him.
Kindness hadn't been unheard of within the walls of Narkina 5; by design they had to work together if they wanted to reap whatever laughable rewards they had dangled in front of them to keep them motivated to keep going. They looked after each other, endless day bleeding into one another and inadvertently building a sense of camaraderie, or at the very least reliance upon one another to survive. But cheer? Joy? Those may as well have been foreign concepts even if they managed to top the leaderboards. The discomfort about what to do with the Doctor's sits like an uncomfortable piece of clothing across his shoulders. And speaking of uncomfortable clothing - ]
Thorne.
[ At that he uselessly raises his arms, the large sweeping sleeves flaring up like wings. Mild exasperation flits across his face. ]
You aren't dressed like I am, so I'm guessing you aren't.
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Kindness hadn't been unheard of within the walls of Narkina 5; by design they had to work together if they wanted to reap whatever laughable rewards they had dangled in front of them to keep them motivated to keep going. They looked after each other, endless day bleeding into one another and inadvertently building a sense of camaraderie, or at the very least reliance upon one another to survive. But cheer? Joy? Those may as well have been foreign concepts even if they managed to top the leaderboards. The discomfort about what to do with the Doctor's sits like an uncomfortable piece of clothing across his shoulders. And speaking of uncomfortable clothing - ]
Thorne.
[ At that he uselessly raises his arms, the large sweeping sleeves flaring up like wings. Mild exasperation flits across his face. ]
You aren't dressed like I am, so I'm guessing you aren't.