[ It's not touch that Jaime's tentative about - it's causing discomfort to other people. The moment Ruka relaxes, the fact that Jaime relaxes too is tangible even to those without empathic abilities, shoulders settling and hand resting firmly against her shoulder with, perhaps, unearned familiarity. Sitting like this has always been comforting for him. He hopes it's comforting for her too. ]
Eh, nothing that interesting. Nature documentaries, the discovery channel, stuff like that. Some dumb reality TV, sometimes. [ And some real TV too when he feels like planting his ass down and doing nothing for five hours straight, but he's not the monster who'll toss someone into the middle of some awful low-budget sci-fi show without the proper context! As BB burrows his way into Ruka's lap, Jaime grabs the remote and switches the channel. ]
Here, this one's all about weird animals. They got a whole section on sloths. Mole rats too.
[ And underneath all of what they'd spoken about, the uncomfortable emotions underlying their conversation, the puzzlement and worry at Ruka's current state, there is one earnest emotion: Jaime really enjoys these funky little critters. ]
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Eh, nothing that interesting. Nature documentaries, the discovery channel, stuff like that. Some dumb reality TV, sometimes. [ And some real TV too when he feels like planting his ass down and doing nothing for five hours straight, but he's not the monster who'll toss someone into the middle of some awful low-budget sci-fi show without the proper context! As BB burrows his way into Ruka's lap, Jaime grabs the remote and switches the channel. ]
Here, this one's all about weird animals. They got a whole section on sloths. Mole rats too.
[ And underneath all of what they'd spoken about, the uncomfortable emotions underlying their conversation, the puzzlement and worry at Ruka's current state, there is one earnest emotion: Jaime really enjoys these funky little critters. ]