pleeeeeeas can we have more small tech! you said ask about the tells so just phil going *bonk* small time sounds fun!!
eeee yes yes!!! Here’s some of his main tells!
Like I said in that ask, if Techno is between headspaces he will try his best to stay big and Philza knows this!! But Philza also knows he can’t just go up and start babying him, if anything that’d just make Techno push it away more, confrontation and all that. So there’s never really a time when Philza can just *bonk* small time (as much as he’d love to) it’s more of… *gentle push* small time.
There’s a chest kept stocked with stacks of things like wool, sugar cane, grass blocks, non perishables that are on the softer side - sometimes Philza will give Techno a random number of items, asking if he can count them out for him. Phil has gotten it down to a science of when to ask him so most of the times Techno will stop whatever he’s doing (usually mostly meaningless tasks to keep himself preoccupied), he’ll stare at the items for a few seconds and then take them to a table, putting the items down and counting them out one by one as he puts them in his inventory. (if he’s still big Techno will laugh him off and say “count them yourself, old man”)
The counting helps calm him down. Helps his brain and chat slow and he can lean into the warm fog that overtakes as he mentally grows younger and younger. When he’s done counting he’ll go over to Philza (who makes sure to stay close by) hand out the items and tell him how many of each. Sometimes it’s with pride and excitement and sometimes it’s so mumbled Philza can’t even hear but he always smiles and tells him, “Oh, good job, thank you so much! Do you want to help me count some more?” and if he’s still not feeling small enough he’ll nod and Philza will go pull out some more items for him, handing them over with a “Careful now, they’re pretty heavy.” or, “Thanks for the help, little man.”