[Considers it] … N-not really. I don’t have many guy friends. Th-there’s my dad, and my cousin, b-but I don’t think I could talk to him about th-this kind of thing.

[Blushes, remembering himself and Katelynn in the changing booth on their recent shopping trip] I d-don’t know. [Swallows] … M-m-maybe, if I was sure we w-wouldn’t get caught.

sincerest-flattery:

wrapped-in-shadows:

sincerest-flattery:

[Smile fades, looking flustered as her shoulders hunch, trying to make herself look smaller.] It is… it is nothing to worry about.

[Frowns a little. Since he’s not involved in heroics much, he doesn’t know about Miracle and the robots. Instead, he assumes she’s being controlled or forced by someone – a partner, maybe.] Are you sure? … I kn-know it’s none of my business, but if s-something’s going on, Veda, you can talk to me.

Nothing is going on. [Reassures quickly. Nothing she could change, that was. Nothing she would change.] I have seen enough to realize the way that sounds, but it is true.

[He’s not quite convinced. The way she changed attitude so quickly is making him suspicious. But then again, she could be telling the truth – really, he has no idea what to think.] Veda … something is going on, i-isn’t it? Something w-weird. [Mostly it’s the way she talks. What does she mean by “I have seen enough”? He might expect a sheltered kid to sound like that (and he would know), but not a grown woman.]

[Smiles, though he wishes Ezayne hadn’t included the stutter] P-pretty close, I’d say. Oh, and I’ve almost f-finished your commissions!

[Chuckles a little at some of the details, but the part about the calm before the storm makes him nervous] Th-that’s almost sc-c-scarily good, Anon.

[Reads it over, then gives an approving nod.] S-seems pretty accurate to me.

I j-just don’t get why they see it. I’m n-not strong or confident or sleek, or any of the things they keep saying. B-but, okay, if you insist.