"Snake charmers?" Leon seemed amused by the analogy, even if he didn't get the reference. He waved away Kari's assertion that it would be more funny if he was from earth. "It still fits, I guess. We all had to charm the snake to become 'friends'." Or something like that. Catch its interest, at least. Yeah. It was probably more funny if he understood the reference.
"I haven't. I'll find out later if Noel has." He certainly would be able to tell before then, not if Kari was going to keep him supplied with drinks. "I am not going to get drunk." He paused, considered, and then added, "Or high. Tonight." Buzzed? He was already there. That gelatin vodka was quickly greeting the purple lemonade to add up to a definitely-not-sober Leon. But he needed to pace himself. If only because he didn't know when Noel was coming back.
Luckily, Xotll was able to stop by with his water while she was otherwise preoccupied with the other drinks. Leon sipped at it gratefully, grasping at the chance to regain some of his cognitive reasoning before something else fruity and dangerous crossed his path.
Wait, what?
"What? I'm-" He paused, considering. He'd never thought of himself as shy before, but he'd never wanted to interact with anyone but Noel before. With her, it was easy. They were bonded, linked. They had their own language and he was down right chatty with her through that. Then came other people. And the more Leon considered it, the more he had to admit that maybe, "Fuck," maybe he was a bit allergic to interacting with anyone he didn't know. He sighed. This was a night of many revelations, apparently.
"It's fine. People aren't worth the effort." Noel thrived off the act, however. She came alive when she was selling it, getting someone to eat out of her hand. He liked watching her work, sure, but doing that himself? It really wasn't worth it. Especially not when she was so much better at it than him. "Yeah, we'll try not to. We can probably work the stoic angle." It'd match up, at least, what with all the utter lack of talking he'd done last time. He'd probably be fine as long as he wasn't caught alone.
"I haven't. I'll find out later if Noel has." He certainly would be able to tell before then, not if Kari was going to keep him supplied with drinks. "I am not going to get drunk." He paused, considered, and then added, "Or high. Tonight." Buzzed? He was already there. That gelatin vodka was quickly greeting the purple lemonade to add up to a definitely-not-sober Leon. But he needed to pace himself. If only because he didn't know when Noel was coming back.
Luckily, Xotll was able to stop by with his water while she was otherwise preoccupied with the other drinks. Leon sipped at it gratefully, grasping at the chance to regain some of his cognitive reasoning before something else fruity and dangerous crossed his path.
Wait, what?
"What? I'm-" He paused, considering. He'd never thought of himself as shy before, but he'd never wanted to interact with anyone but Noel before. With her, it was easy. They were bonded, linked. They had their own language and he was down right chatty with her through that. Then came other people. And the more Leon considered it, the more he had to admit that maybe, "Fuck," maybe he was a bit allergic to interacting with anyone he didn't know. He sighed. This was a night of many revelations, apparently.
"It's fine. People aren't worth the effort." Noel thrived off the act, however. She came alive when she was selling it, getting someone to eat out of her hand. He liked watching her work, sure, but doing that himself? It really wasn't worth it. Especially not when she was so much better at it than him. "Yeah, we'll try not to. We can probably work the stoic angle." It'd match up, at least, what with all the utter lack of talking he'd done last time. He'd probably be fine as long as he wasn't caught alone.
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