As harsh as his words were, he hadn’t fully meant them as an insult.. more of a fact, that he figured Ethos was aware of. Bandage was making his head itch, but despite the twitch of his eyebrow and urge to scratch, he wasn’t going to take off those bandages, nor would he risk scratching out a stitch, so he refrained completely. “Chubby face?” Eyebrows furrowed now, gray eyes scanned the other’s face. “I guess you’ve got chubby cheeks, but are people actually trying to use that as an insult?”
Was having chubby cheeks necessarily a bad thing? He was part of a very vain and pretentious group of people, he knew how other’s liked to nitpick weight issues, but he could never really see chubbiness as a negative trait. It was rather cute, wasn’t it? Eh, it wasn’t something he focused on. If he was going to insult someone, he’d pick up on their emotional flaws, not the physical ones. It was strange though, in the entire 5 whole minutes they’ve been talking.. Ethos has shown a major insecurity, something that wasn’t lost on the other blond.
His thought process was broken by the hand on his head, causing him to immediately flinch under the other’s touch, waving the hand away to cover his reaction. An immediate change of subject was necessary now. “No one on this ship has my decryption skills and there are too many files that need to be unscrambled, I can’t not think about it.” Phobos had to wonder, just how malleable was the other navigator? If he could convince him to…
“…What’s the chance of convincing you to bring me my datapad, Ethos? It would really help to get my mind off things, you know.” A small revealed itself, now that the other wanted something. “Better than just sitting here thinking over the events of the crash. Work is a f a r better use of my time.”
❝ People’ll throw insults over anything seen as weak----you have to admit,
even most Navigators have a very slim or athletic physique. ❞ Ethos shrugs
and smiles. ❝ Granted, they don’t see what’s underneath the uniform----and
hopefully I won’t need to make use of the muscle I do have. ❞ But Ethos
wouldn’t be caught dead flexing his biceps...even for someone as cute as
❝ Very slim chance----I’m pretty sure Lieutenant Keeler took it, knowing that
you would ask for it... ❞ Smile apologetic, he shrugs a little. ❝ Selene and I
have got it covered----but you could certainly take a look at mine if it would
help. I can’t leave it with you, of course, but if you wouldn’t mind me staying...