[He braces for many things, and it’s evident in the way he flinches away from Tatsumi almost on instinct. For …speaking out, for getting close, for existing, for-]
[But all he does is hold out a coat for him, despite his wretched state. He looks at it in alarm, his ears folding back, before looking back up at the man and his kind and gentle eyes. He reaches a hand out to take the coat, but it takes a few tries for him to work up to it. Once he does, he holds it very close to himself, almost as though he could use it to hide.]
I-I’m sorry… I thought …p-perhaps I could stay until the rain passed. In exchange I could …perhaps clean for you, or something of that manner.
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[He braces for many things, and it’s evident in the way he flinches away from Tatsumi almost on instinct. For …speaking out, for getting close, for existing, for-]
[But all he does is hold out a coat for him, despite his wretched state. He looks at it in alarm, his ears folding back, before looking back up at the man and his kind and gentle eyes. He reaches a hand out to take the coat, but it takes a few tries for him to work up to it. Once he does, he holds it very close to himself, almost as though he could use it to hide.]
I-I’m sorry… I thought …p-perhaps I could stay until the rain passed. In exchange I could …perhaps clean for you, or something of that manner.