[ ...Yeah, that's exactly what he thought. The shift in the conversation makes Michel relax a little again, shoulders shaking momentarily with a soundless chuckle. ]
So you were always an obedient child. [ He absolutely knew it. His fingers lift to comb through that blond hair again when Ganymede mentions it, a little more confidently this time, the pads of his fingertips brushing Ganymede's ear. ] It's not as if ear piercings don't hurt...
[ Wouldn't they all be about the same? But he gives a slight shrug for that question. It's not as if he even imagined this job, precisely. Just that the parameters met what he needed. ]
I didn't. Unless you mean when I was a child. Did you?
[ Opposite, again, he thinks but doesn't say. Ganymede probably hadn't, because he had something he loved that he would have pursued over all else. Michel hadn't, because he simply hadn't cared about anything. ]
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So you were always an obedient child. [ He absolutely knew it. His fingers lift to comb through that blond hair again when Ganymede mentions it, a little more confidently this time, the pads of his fingertips brushing Ganymede's ear. ] It's not as if ear piercings don't hurt...
[ Wouldn't they all be about the same? But he gives a slight shrug for that question. It's not as if he even imagined this job, precisely. Just that the parameters met what he needed. ]
I didn't. Unless you mean when I was a child. Did you?
[ Opposite, again, he thinks but doesn't say. Ganymede probably hadn't, because he had something he loved that he would have pursued over all else. Michel hadn't, because he simply hadn't cared about anything. ]