⚡ ⟶ strong contact against bionic arm seemed like an action of THREAT, of impending malice & brutality that forced an instant whimper straight from supple twin-flesh, lazarus flinching on a turn that nearly caused him to stumble. impromptu contact from others was still something entirely foreign for the newly created, not that he would lash out & cause harm to those that did touch upon his physique, but fear? worry? an expression of a wounded, frightened deer caught clean between the headlights? that was prominent, lazarus showcasing as much as he gazed towards his doppelganger, the more POWERFUL of the two, the god; fully expecting to land several hits against his essence for seemingly not answering the questions that had been brought forth towards him, not that he could anyway. yet - tender, caring words formed into the atmosphere, a contrast ( at least from the way he saw it when touches usually meant violence ) that caused brows to knit together in uncertainty against features void of colorization, drained in terror from the unknown. was clark about to trick him? that was what monsters & ghouls from outside worlds would do to mere humans, right? lull them into a false sense of security before STRIKING? there was over-thinking, there was paranoia, that was lazarus in a nutshell, frightened to even tear his arm away in case it prompted his counterpart to attack. there was only the slow, tentative and lying motion of shaking head ( nothing is wrong, i swear! you can let go of me, let go of me ), optics that glimmered in vulnerability & worry telling another story, the TRUTH.
as he saw the opposing male shaking his head, clark couldn't help but sigh softly, noticing evidently that the look in his eyes told an entirely different story to that of the shaking head he offered out -- there was most definitely something wrong, and even though he hadn't the slightest clue as to WHAT, he knew that something was on his mind, something that perhaps clark had said or done to upset him or anger him, but regardless, he wanted to make up for his apparent wrong doings. letting go of his arm, he now stood with both arms by his side, not wanting to come across as any sort of threat towards lazarus since the last thing he was going to do was HURT him in any way whatsoever, he wouldn't do that to him, especially not after he had helped to clean the wounds and bloodied stains about his features. ❝i apologize for anything i don or said that has made you upset or uncomfortable, i'm grateful you're here and that you helped clean up my wounds ---- thank you for that, i owe you. i promise i'm not here to hurt you, you DON'T have to be afraid of me; i'd hate to think i've done something to make you think differently of me.❞