[ Not that loose, Mako. Especially not for someone who perceives people through a glass wall of scientific interest, cataloging quirks, weaknesses, deceptions, patterns of behavior. ]
[ If anything, Hei thinks with a dim frission of amusement, the boy's body-language is as tropistic as a sunflower. It's like he brightens when he sees Korra, can't be in the same room without some part of his body angled toward her. Hei knows what that's like, because he'd been that way around Amber -- keeping time to her movements, knowing with no small shock that it was synchronicity, that he was so infatuated with her. Mako is the same. The way he tries to not-look in her direction, he reminds Hei of a dumbstruck adolescent who's just discovered porn. ]
[ When Mako snaps at him, the cold amusement seeps deeper, sparking the tips of his always-wired nerves. Not a sense of challenge. More the piqued curiosity of a wolf nipped at by a puppy. ]
[ He ignores Mako completely, as if the boy is beneath his condescension. Tips an eyebrow at Korra instead, remarking, ]
He's got the loyal part down. Does he get on his hind legs and beg for treats too?
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Date: 2014-10-23 03:21 am (UTC)[ If anything, Hei thinks with a dim frission of amusement, the boy's body-language is as tropistic as a sunflower. It's like he brightens when he sees Korra, can't be in the same room without some part of his body angled toward her. Hei knows what that's like, because he'd been that way around Amber -- keeping time to her movements, knowing with no small shock that it was synchronicity, that he was so infatuated with her. Mako is the same. The way he tries to not-look in her direction, he reminds Hei of a dumbstruck adolescent who's just discovered porn. ]
[ When Mako snaps at him, the cold amusement seeps deeper, sparking the tips of his always-wired nerves. Not a sense of challenge. More the piqued curiosity of a wolf nipped at by a puppy. ]
[ He ignores Mako completely, as if the boy is beneath his condescension. Tips an eyebrow at Korra instead, remarking, ]
He's got the loyal part down. Does he get on his hind legs and beg for treats too?