[ the fact sylus barely has to be contrary, and already oushi feels his hackles raise in response. ]
I'm not — [ he pauses, briefly, and very nearly flinches at the reminder of his guilt. ] I wasn't...
[ he trails off, hanging his head low. one hand comes up to run over the short strands of his hair, but it's a distracted gesture, mostly an attempt to keep moving as he feels all that restless energy and anxiety begin to bubble up under his skin again. it keeps his gaze down, too, away from sylus' searching eyes.
fortunately, it seems the other man is far more concerned with surveying the area around them than oushi himself. something he's grateful for, and were it not for another rise of guilt he might have continued to let the man assume what he wants... but it's a waste of sylus' energy to keep being on the lookout for something that will, ostensibly, never come to them first. ]
...Those rocks they want us to find. [ he falls into step, subconsciously guided by the certainty in the other's voice, the hand falling just between his shoulder-blades. ] They're bad news. I'd stay away from them if you can.
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I'm not — [ he pauses, briefly, and very nearly flinches at the reminder of his guilt. ] I wasn't...
[ he trails off, hanging his head low. one hand comes up to run over the short strands of his hair, but it's a distracted gesture, mostly an attempt to keep moving as he feels all that restless energy and anxiety begin to bubble up under his skin again. it keeps his gaze down, too, away from sylus' searching eyes.
fortunately, it seems the other man is far more concerned with surveying the area around them than oushi himself. something he's grateful for, and were it not for another rise of guilt he might have continued to let the man assume what he wants... but it's a waste of sylus' energy to keep being on the lookout for something that will, ostensibly, never come to them first. ]
...Those rocks they want us to find. [ he falls into step, subconsciously guided by the certainty in the other's voice, the hand falling just between his shoulder-blades. ] They're bad news. I'd stay away from them if you can.