Roan was going to have to be more careful about exploding into action around his hands-on host. He'd startled xem and while he hadn't meant to fling water about, making xem scramble as frequently as he seemed to wasn't going to help engender trust. The cuffs would stay on longer, and he'd never go home.
Of course a towel was much more efficient than blowing on the heated skin and he stopped immediately when xe shoved at his lips. His eyes widened at the attempted words and he nodded slowly, much more slowly than he'd moved. "Water," he repeated, pointing with his other hand at the remaining bag on the tray. He pointed to the hand wrapped in a towel, a little relieved as the temperature eased but didn't stop. "No water." He made a face. Water is stupid. Survival of the fittest is stupid. Taxis are stupid. Unfamiliar booze: STUPID. Then he poked at the cloth, rubbed his fingers on it. "Towel."
Roan watched xem carefully when xe demonstrated with the ball of fluff and a tentacle what xe apparently wanted to do to his hand. A more russet shade of xyr skin slowly returned to the blue he'd become accustomed to. Medicine? That was promising, for all that their anatomies were...different. He hadn't noticed xyr skin reacting to the oils on his--he felt terrible about that and hoped fervently the water hadn't burned xem as it had him. At the same time, relief of the irritation for good might actually be at hand. Stars, why not? It couldn't make it worse than he already had himself.
Skin burned to the bone like it'd been washed in acid, hand eaten away like water ate at the embankment of a river... He grimaced. Quickly clearing that peculiar curve from his lips, he nodded. "Yes. Yes."
Sure, and why not? Let's go for the hat trick. Because leaving it alone was causing them both distress.
When xe pulled the towel away it was clear the seed oil plus water combo had done its job: his fingertips were bright red. Xe fluffed on a light layer, dusting the pads of his fingers like baby powder. He concentrated wholly on his skin for several long, silent moments. Ignoring the tugging of his skin in favor of being certain something additionally horrible wasn't about to interact with the seed oil and water. A rush of relief coursed through his veins when the heat receded completely. The red leeched from his skin, normal sensation began to return, and he sighed.
If he'd known all he had to do to make a language breakthrough with xem was to attempt to poison himself, he wouldn't have bothered with the smaller experimental bites earlier. A chuckle sounded in his throat. Once he was assured his hand would be fine, Roan realized what xe was trying to do with xyr tentacles, not trying to make him not look at a potential soon-to-be horror of a burned-away hand but rather shaping his face in a less concerned mien. He laughed louder then, and gave in to xyr intent. Showing teeth was okay now, he suspected, if xe was trying to put his expression back into place.
"Aiae, Uala," he replied, and hoped fervently that he'd gotten it right...and moreso that it meant that he was well and not that he wanted xem to do something...untoward. "Aiai. I'm...aiai." To emphasize this he patted a tentacle touching his face with his not-poisoned hand, and waved the other toward xem with a quirk of his lips. "Okay. Okay?" he pointed at the sucker xe had fluffed for xyrself. "Aiai?"
Of course a towel was much more efficient than blowing on the heated skin and he stopped immediately when xe shoved at his lips. His eyes widened at the attempted words and he nodded slowly, much more slowly than he'd moved. "Water," he repeated, pointing with his other hand at the remaining bag on the tray. He pointed to the hand wrapped in a towel, a little relieved as the temperature eased but didn't stop. "No water." He made a face. Water is stupid. Survival of the fittest is stupid. Taxis are stupid. Unfamiliar booze: STUPID. Then he poked at the cloth, rubbed his fingers on it. "Towel."
Roan watched xem carefully when xe demonstrated with the ball of fluff and a tentacle what xe apparently wanted to do to his hand. A more russet shade of xyr skin slowly returned to the blue he'd become accustomed to. Medicine? That was promising, for all that their anatomies were...different. He hadn't noticed xyr skin reacting to the oils on his--he felt terrible about that and hoped fervently the water hadn't burned xem as it had him. At the same time, relief of the irritation for good might actually be at hand. Stars, why not? It couldn't make it worse than he already had himself.
Skin burned to the bone like it'd been washed in acid, hand eaten away like water ate at the embankment of a river... He grimaced. Quickly clearing that peculiar curve from his lips, he nodded. "Yes. Yes."
Sure, and why not? Let's go for the hat trick. Because leaving it alone was causing them both distress.
When xe pulled the towel away it was clear the seed oil plus water combo had done its job: his fingertips were bright red. Xe fluffed on a light layer, dusting the pads of his fingers like baby powder. He concentrated wholly on his skin for several long, silent moments. Ignoring the tugging of his skin in favor of being certain something additionally horrible wasn't about to interact with the seed oil and water. A rush of relief coursed through his veins when the heat receded completely. The red leeched from his skin, normal sensation began to return, and he sighed.
If he'd known all he had to do to make a language breakthrough with xem was to attempt to poison himself, he wouldn't have bothered with the smaller experimental bites earlier. A chuckle sounded in his throat. Once he was assured his hand would be fine, Roan realized what xe was trying to do with xyr tentacles, not trying to make him not look at a potential soon-to-be horror of a burned-away hand but rather shaping his face in a less concerned mien. He laughed louder then, and gave in to xyr intent. Showing teeth was okay now, he suspected, if xe was trying to put his expression back into place.
"Aiae, Uala," he replied, and hoped fervently that he'd gotten it right...and moreso that it meant that he was well and not that he wanted xem to do something...untoward. "Aiai. I'm...aiai." To emphasize this he patted a tentacle touching his face with his not-poisoned hand, and waved the other toward xem with a quirk of his lips. "Okay. Okay?" he pointed at the sucker xe had fluffed for xyrself. "Aiai?"
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