@laikalike continued from [x]
There's a moment of stillness from Grace, the kind where anyone of the same species might be aware he's glaring a hole through them with utter frustration - he isn't sure if he's more pleased or more annoyed that Rocky seems entirely unaware of that fact. Or maybe he's just unbothered. Grace really hopes it's the former, active ignorance to it just might be a hundred times worse. -- ❝I need a break, otherwise I'm going to start making stupid mistakes and I know I won't hear the end of it.❞ He finally mutters, stepping away from his workspace to seek out something to eat, even something as simple as a pack of beef jerky would do the trick to take the edge off. Maybe then he won't be sizzling under the skin. ❝Don't your people take breaks?❞ Managing to find himself an oat bar, he decides almost immediately that he's going to be a little petty. He sits himself down, back against the clear Xenonite containment, as close to where Rocky is working as possible - then tears the package open. -- ❝You know, maybe if you took a break-❞ A bite is taken, yet he barely slows his speaking. ❝You wouldn't be so grumpy all the time.❞