it was quite OBVIOUS that there was a degree of trust lacking between them, as evidenced by the way that, after giving her the blueprints, he retreated a few steps AWAY from her ;; it was with a sigh that she had turned her gaze away from him && towards the image that now turned delicately in her palm. it was easy enough, SIMPLE compared to the other feats that had been asked of her in the past but, before rising to her feet at her OWN LEVEL, she offered him one last attempt at understanding.
❛ what part of me don’t you trust ? ❜
it was either the MAGIC or her PERSON ;; given what kind of impression she often left, zatanna was sure of the answer she was bound to receive. it didn’t change how much she wanted to help him, regardless of his personal bias she held non against him &&, in an effort to show this, zatanna was quick to breath magic into life with his ( so called ) frequency resonator appearing on the ground between them.
his spine ( impaled as it is with metal and circuitry, all in the name of sapience and improvement ) trills all up its length as the universe hiccups, contracts, brings something into life where once was nothing. it’s unnerving, to say the least, but he hesitantly scoops up the newly created device, inspecting it from all sides to see if every part is present and functional. satisfied after a few seconds, he nods and places it in a pocket, shaking a lingering shudder from his shoulders.
❛ thanks very much. and, i trust you just fine. you seem like an
upstanding young lady. it’s more the unexplainable force at
your command that can do anything you want it to that i ain’t
so keen on. you understand. ❜
he shifts his dextrous hands onto his hips – his eyes still lingering on the spot where a device had been brought into being from nowhere at all. he expects to see a scorch mark, maybe a haze in the air, but there’s nothing, and this is his qualm with charms and hexes. the sheer UNPREDICTABILITY of it.
❛ magic’s never sat right with me, in general. even those infinity
stones, or whatever they’re called... i gotta know how things work,
see? if i can’t take it apart and see what makes it tick, i don’t trust
it. that’s why i like guns. i mean, i also like ‘em because they blow
stuff up that’s in my way, but that’s besides the point. ❜