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Venol blinked slowly, sitting up stiffly. Stars, he felt like he was frozen and then flash-defrosted. Why did he feel so heavy all of a sudden?
“You? Squishy? Yeah, and I’m suddenly a Krogan.” He froze, as his eyes settled on another Angara. He hadn’t been with another one of his people, last he recalled. He wasn’t very fond of hanging out with other Angara, unless they were his family.
His expression soured, face twisting into a disgusted grimace upon hearing the exclamation of the other.
“Please say psych.” He had to be joking, right? Had to be. No way he wasn’t. He wouldn’t ever let himself be exalted. Venol lifted a hand to his face, and recoiled sharply. And his face displayed a wide range of emotions. Disbelief, refusal, fury, disgust, discomfort. All in a matter of seconds. “Is this what it feels to be physically and emotionally crusty and crunchy. Cause I hate it.”
He rose from his sitting position, and stood on unsteady feet. And disdain finally settled as his primary expression.
“I’m going to throw the mother of all bitch fits. I am wholly prepared to lose my shit right now.” Dramatic as always, Venol.
Kgrln kept his eyes firmly fixed on Venol, watching him go through his range of different reactions to their predicament. Kgrln didn’t feel much, but he knew he was alarmed, even if his body didn’t much like to let him know. Looking at Venol’s reaction made it easier for him to feel what he was supposed to feel. It confirmed that this situation was truly as bad as he thought it was.
Only now did it really sink in. Only now did distress rather that surprise and confusion wash over him. No one would recognize him anymore. His people would attack him on sight.
“I understand,” Kgrln uttered.
His gaze dwindled to the ground and he stayed put, lying on the cold floor. Suddenly, he seemed genuinely frightened. A huge departure from the usually blank expression that only ever made way for one of intrigue.
He didn’t know why he was so shaken. Was it the sudden difference in physiology? Angara did experience and express emotions differently... Though, perhaps this was truly as frightening as he felt it was. So, this is what it was like to have tears sting in their dructs as the body and mind fought against letting them come out.
Kgrln’s thoughts raced through various reasons and possible solutions. While he thought, his upper body rocked slightly back and forth, his hands tensing.