At least her delivery honestly seems to amuse him, though it doesn't quite carry through to his actions. He hesitates a bit before slipping his gloves off - first the right, the left following shortly after; he finds himself checking through habit to see whether she has anything sharp in her hands before extending his toward her.
It doesn't even matter anymore; it hasn't mattered for seven and a half months. And yet he still finds himself checking.
His right hand seems to have taken a fair amount of damage - of course there are the newer, lighter marks that imply that he's been burned fairly recently, but there's also a line of old scarring raking across his palm that appears to have been there for well over a year now. But the circle is still connected and visible, dark against his skin, while his left hand doesn't appear to have taken any damage at all - he could still use them if Johto allowed.
The opposing triangular marks inscribed inside of them, the symbols for the sun and the moon, the lettering around the edges...it's been a while since he's shown them to anyone. They're nothing but identifying marks here; that thought itself is insulting.
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At least her delivery honestly seems to amuse him, though it doesn't quite carry through to his actions. He hesitates a bit before slipping his gloves off - first the right, the left following shortly after; he finds himself checking through habit to see whether she has anything sharp in her hands before extending his toward her.
It doesn't even matter anymore; it hasn't mattered for seven and a half months. And yet he still finds himself checking.
His right hand seems to have taken a fair amount of damage - of course there are the newer, lighter marks that imply that he's been burned fairly recently, but there's also a line of old scarring raking across his palm that appears to have been there for well over a year now. But the circle is still connected and visible, dark against his skin, while his left hand doesn't appear to have taken any damage at all - he could still use them if Johto allowed.
The opposing triangular marks inscribed inside of them, the symbols for the sun and the moon, the lettering around the edges...it's been a while since he's shown them to anyone. They're nothing but identifying marks here; that thought itself is insulting.