[ Ah. How disappointing, how distressing, if not as distressing. (Whatever his investment in McGillis, he's not so dismissive of his own person as to find an interrupted break less upsetting than inexplicable paralysis. Even if they'd been having a good time, and his legs went and ruined it.) Though it isn't disagreeable, really, that augmenting severity in McGillis's eyes, mouth.
If bred of concern rather than disapproving disbelief. Gaelio feels his face crumple, presses it flat, only the protrusion of his bottom lip lasting through his response. ]
Why would I joke about this...?
[ Testy frustration scratching at the edges. The reprimand effectively smothers the unfurling urge to lift his hand, to cup over McGillis's on his shoulder. Indignation instead wants to cross his arms, but he tamps that down, peering up at McGillis's face while awaiting his conclusion.
Lingering petulance. An easier emotion, a more natural response, than the trepidation that crouches at the ready for any longer attention to his unresponsive legs.
So, then, the plaintive huff when McGillis takes the tray, though he does not move to stop him. ]
All that tea, wasted...
[ Terribly immoderate of them. But, wait.
How is he going to bring him to the medical -- ! ]
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If bred of concern rather than disapproving disbelief. Gaelio feels his face crumple, presses it flat, only the protrusion of his bottom lip lasting through his response. ]
Why would I joke about this...?
[ Testy frustration scratching at the edges. The reprimand effectively smothers the unfurling urge to lift his hand, to cup over McGillis's on his shoulder. Indignation instead wants to cross his arms, but he tamps that down, peering up at McGillis's face while awaiting his conclusion.
Lingering petulance. An easier emotion, a more natural response, than the trepidation that crouches at the ready for any longer attention to his unresponsive legs.
So, then, the plaintive huff when McGillis takes the tray, though he does not move to stop him. ]
All that tea, wasted...
[ Terribly immoderate of them. But, wait.
How is he going to bring him to the medical -- ! ]