[He regrets sprawling, what the heck. It's not like he can un-sprawl, it's not as if he can take his sprawling and put it back where it came from with no one the wiser. He sprawled like he's totally confident, and then Figaro went and said that, and Gepard feels...seen. He's been feeling seen, but he's feeling incredibly seen at the moment. The fact he said a very terrible answer to a terrible question, and the fact that Figaro didn't even try to pretend like he maybe believed him.
Gepard grumps, shifting again as he gets comfortable, because he's totally comfortable and this is a conversation he's comfortable with having, and he doesn't feel too seen, shut up. He's settling in, frowning gently at Figaro as he does so. Thoughtful. Not approving. Not...disapproving, not just yet, just a frown. A completely and totally neutral frown. A captain-y frown, as he's a captain who's used to this. Shut up.]
Wouldn't that cause more problems than solve them? Someone might recognize you, or ask questions, or people might make assumptions about...well. [Well.] Our relationship. That's not to mention that I'm not always in the most accessible of places - do you really want to go to the front lines just to watch me eat?
[This also means he can nudge Figaro's knee with his own. Nudge.] I know you're a capable man and you can handle yourself, but still, that seems like a lot of work for you.
[Which brings up the question of why, because it seems like a lot of work for Figaro, for so very little reward. He wants to ask: why. But- it also feels like they did just that not that long ago.]
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Date: 2024-04-14 01:53 am (UTC)Gepard grumps, shifting again as he gets comfortable, because he's totally comfortable and this is a conversation he's comfortable with having, and he doesn't feel too seen, shut up. He's settling in, frowning gently at Figaro as he does so. Thoughtful. Not approving. Not...disapproving, not just yet, just a frown. A completely and totally neutral frown. A captain-y frown, as he's a captain who's used to this. Shut up.]
Wouldn't that cause more problems than solve them? Someone might recognize you, or ask questions, or people might make assumptions about...well. [Well.] Our relationship. That's not to mention that I'm not always in the most accessible of places - do you really want to go to the front lines just to watch me eat?
[This also means he can nudge Figaro's knee with his own. Nudge.] I know you're a capable man and you can handle yourself, but still, that seems like a lot of work for you.
[Which brings up the question of why, because it seems like a lot of work for Figaro, for so very little reward. He wants to ask: why. But- it also feels like they did just that not that long ago.]