❛ i can’t believe you won’t leave me alone already . ❜
his left hand presses absently against opposing shoulder to guide a rolling gesture — TENSION accumulates with pain at the junction of body & missing arm. right now ? he thinks little of it; the gesture is one he preforms without little thought as he enters the cellar room the corps had provided HER as a temporary measure after jaeger had been retrieved from braun ( armored ) & hoover ( colossal ).
a temporary measure — consequently they had not gone to extra lengths to make her room uncomfortable; it held all the amenities of the standard military chamber. & so, as he enters, he spares the soldier YMIR empty, polite greeting & instead draws up the wooden chair in the corner he speaks only after he has seated himself.
“ you’re right — i’m sure i’m being a terrible nuisance. “ the concession escapes him with idle & mild tone. he means as he says, & he does not seek to argue with her. to do so would be both useless & unnecessary.
the interrogator succeeds only with amicable disposition . . . & with looming unspoken threat. for that reason, it is worthwhile to note the lilt of the lips, the easy drum of fingers upon the top of his legs. to sit here in conversation with HER only serves as further confirmation of the unwritten history : the context necessary to recreate & rebuild perspective of humanity’s war — ( is the battle of humanity a CIVIL war ? )
“ but you understand. this line of questioning is hardly desirable for you or for me — but it doesn’t surprise you. i’m quite sure that you foresaw this. your comrades say you’re intelligent. “
i can’t believe you / / prompt
accepting
