[Really, he doesn't mind. If it's going to the demarcation between Ax getting counted as suspicious and him sliding by the fact that he didn't totally just gruesomely turn back into a human in front of him... well, whatever.
He starts with the basics- scratching the back of his head before he goes for it; helping him tuck his shirt back in properly so it didn't look like he just walked off the set of a steamy makeout scene.]
So you, uh... [Don't mention the nakedness
Don't mention the nakedness.] You always got a thing for poppin' outta tunnels butt naked or somethin'?
[Fucking hell.
But, Ryuji notices that he probably doesn't want to talk about the morphing part, so he might as well be embarrassing enough for the both of them to distract from the obvious thing on Ryuji's mind....
heaves a sigh, because of course he couldn't get away with simply pretending like it didn't happen and that being convincing enough. It was a thought, at least.]
You are taking this remarkably well. In my experience [humans] people react with fear to things they don't understand.
[As he steps back a bit, he narrows his field of vision to make sure that Ax has the Right Look, and shrugs. Good enough. In high school, he never actually wore his uniform, but hell, at least he knows how to make it look right. He was a good, law abiding boy.
Once....]
I've seen some shit. [Until you've seen the likes of Mara, nothing should surprise you that much.] 'Sides. Even if you had an explanation, I'm not sure I'd understand it. And the stuff I don't understand isn't the shit that scares me.
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[Really, he doesn't mind. If it's going to the demarcation between Ax getting counted as suspicious and him sliding by the fact that he didn't totally just gruesomely turn back into a human in front of him... well, whatever.
He starts with the basics- scratching the back of his head before he goes for it; helping him tuck his shirt back in properly so it didn't look like he just walked off the set of a steamy makeout scene.]
So you, uh... [Don't mention the nakedness
Don't mention the nakedness.] You always got a thing for poppin' outta tunnels butt naked or somethin'?
[Fucking hell.
But, Ryuji notices that he probably doesn't want to talk about the morphing part, so he might as well be embarrassing enough for the both of them to distract from the obvious thing on Ryuji's mind....
HOW THE HELL DID YOU DO THAT?]
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heaves a sigh, because of course he couldn't get away with simply pretending like it didn't happen and that being convincing enough. It was a thought, at least.]
You are taking this remarkably well. In my experience [humans] people react with fear to things they don't understand.
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Once....]
I've seen some shit. [Until you've seen the likes of Mara, nothing should surprise you that much.] 'Sides. Even if you had an explanation, I'm not sure I'd understand it. And the stuff I don't understand isn't the shit that scares me.
[Looks down.]
Your shoes are on backwards, bro.