Germat thrummed, satisfied, recognizing a lessening terror in her tone.
“Most kind.”
He worked a fingertip against horn, still nonplussed. Her offering of possessions was unexpected, intimate. He settled back on his less-legs, allowing his full weight to test the ground. He hunted for a delicate phrasing.
“Your boat is made of wood.”
He spread his arms a little, gesturing helplessness.
“I am needing space. I do not eat; I sleep when I am sick.”
He allowed his prime-vent to close a moment, plates clicking.
“I can make things? If you need metal in...shape. Beautiful things.”
His vents flared white for a moment, adolescent pride.
“I also am pretty. That is….all-speaking. Known widely?”
His mating grasp curled a little, brief arrogance shriveled with shame at his unready voice.
“Consensus. Yes.”
He mused, relaxing prime-vent back into open flare, folding his arms across his lap.
There had been a particular phrase a tavern-keeper's wife had used. It had been preparatory to asking him to depart, but he had remembered, as an exemplar of right behavior.
“I do not wish to be a bothering.”
“Most kind.”
He worked a fingertip against horn, still nonplussed. Her offering of possessions was unexpected, intimate. He settled back on his less-legs, allowing his full weight to test the ground. He hunted for a delicate phrasing.
“Your boat is made of wood.”
He spread his arms a little, gesturing helplessness.
“I am needing space. I do not eat; I sleep when I am sick.”
He allowed his prime-vent to close a moment, plates clicking.
“I can make things? If you need metal in...shape. Beautiful things.”
His vents flared white for a moment, adolescent pride.
“I also am pretty. That is….all-speaking. Known widely?”
His mating grasp curled a little, brief arrogance shriveled with shame at his unready voice.
“Consensus. Yes.”
He mused, relaxing prime-vent back into open flare, folding his arms across his lap.
There had been a particular phrase a tavern-keeper's wife had used. It had been preparatory to asking him to depart, but he had remembered, as an exemplar of right behavior.
“I do not wish to be a bothering.”
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