[Alit takes another slow, solemn sip so he has more time to swallow what Michael is saying. It's no small thing that Michael is admitting to and it all but puts to words the change that has affected them. There's a mutual desire to be present in each other's company in spite of the strange circumstances of their relation and Alit relaxes and though he leaves it without comment -- the Barian had long since accepted the human as there was little concern in his doing so -- he doesn't take it for granted.
He only sets the tea down when the topic of Yuuma is broached. Yuuma, the remarkable catalyst that propels them toward each other. Alit still smiles but it's equal parts fond and wistful in light of his lack.]
Aren't you giving him a little too much credit? I don't mean what he did isn't important. Especially not to you.
[He touches the issue carefully, brushes it in a manner that isn't forthright so as not to disturb the unstable parity over they can relate. Because there are still things that are unfair, and unbalanced, things he has no right to address because it's neither the time nor the place. Today, they were cheated of something mutual and that's all that needs to be expressed]
But that's just what he does, right? It's natural for him. [And isn't that exactly why he's so remarkable, the Barian leaves considered but unsaid.]
( Michael may be rash, emotive, and young, but he isn't dense. he has a burgeoning sense of social grace that alerts him to the state of things between him and Alit. they are stepping lightly--though it's a mutual dance more than anything, or two people stepping with care in a show of respect to the other, rather than two fighters circling with adversarial intent. the thought of that is why he curls his fingers lightly into one of his palms; he wants to give this the proper amount of care.
what does Alit understand of his family? but it doesn't matter how profound or not profound his understanding is, at the very least he's not disrespecting the subject and, by merely glancing at it, there isn't any compulsion for Michael to defend himself and his own. rather the focus is kept on something much more mutual, and it's something over which he knows they can relate. { that is the goal, he won't make a secret about that. )
Perhaps. But is that a bad thing, when he gave himself hardly enough?
( that's an earnest question, delivered while looking the Barian straight in the eyes. the exact shape of Alit's relationship with Yuuma is still nebulous, but there are some contours he himself has been able to see and feel out. there are the similarities, but also the attractive, honourable qualities in Alit that Michael has found himself so strongly drawn to. where those what also drew Yuuma? { though, also, vaguely, he has a sense that Alit's case is a little bit like his own: Yuuma had an affinity for him, to be sure, but it wasn't quite the same affinity that Michael had in turn. of course it never could be, given the dynamics of their relationship. but Michael shakes his head to knock away these thoughts. speculating about the past is pointless in the presence of the present. } ) It's natural, yes, and in a way that is almost what makes it harder for him, I think. He tries so hard and he pushes himself so hard.
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He only sets the tea down when the topic of Yuuma is broached. Yuuma, the remarkable catalyst that propels them toward each other. Alit still smiles but it's equal parts fond and wistful in light of his lack.]
Aren't you giving him a little too much credit? I don't mean what he did isn't important. Especially not to you.
[He touches the issue carefully, brushes it in a manner that isn't forthright so as not to disturb the unstable parity over they can relate. Because there are still things that are unfair, and unbalanced, things he has no right to address because it's neither the time nor the place. Today, they were cheated of something mutual and that's all that needs to be expressed]
But that's just what he does, right? It's natural for him. [And isn't that exactly why he's so remarkable, the Barian leaves considered but unsaid.]
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what does Alit understand of his family? but it doesn't matter how profound or not profound his understanding is, at the very least he's not disrespecting the subject and, by merely glancing at it, there isn't any compulsion for Michael to defend himself and his own. rather the focus is kept on something much more mutual, and it's something over which he knows they can relate. { that is the goal, he won't make a secret about that. )
Perhaps. But is that a bad thing, when he gave himself hardly enough?
( that's an earnest question, delivered while looking the Barian straight in the eyes. the exact shape of Alit's relationship with Yuuma is still nebulous, but there are some contours he himself has been able to see and feel out. there are the similarities, but also the attractive, honourable qualities in Alit that Michael has found himself so strongly drawn to. where those what also drew Yuuma? { though, also, vaguely, he has a sense that Alit's case is a little bit like his own: Yuuma had an affinity for him, to be sure, but it wasn't quite the same affinity that Michael had in turn. of course it never could be, given the dynamics of their relationship. but Michael shakes his head to knock away these thoughts. speculating about the past is pointless in the presence of the present. } ) It's natural, yes, and in a way that is almost what makes it harder for him, I think. He tries so hard and he pushes himself so hard.