Uh-uh. ( dick disagrees, flashing mako a charming grin. ) I'm a really good judge of character.
( he just knows these things, like the wind knows a chill's name on the back burn of a breeze - he could pick a crook out at a hundred paces, just by the look in their eye. mako doesn't have the same type of swagger. that's not to say he radiates a good boy type of personality, because you could see the wear and tear of a burdened life weighing down his shoulders into an expected frown, but there are things that even a life of hardship can't conceal - the genuine gleam of goodness resting in the shine of mako's eyes, something like hope layered on top of it's (un)healthy dosage of exhaustion. he sees a man before him who still wants to see the good in people, despite being shown all the ways in which people have steered off the path of righteous peace. he also sees an orphan who ate up a lot of trauma as a kid, and just wants to spit out something nicer than what he was given.
profoundly, dick relates to this.
clothes settled into place, dick takes lengthy, floating steps over to where mako is seated, and plops down just beside him. dick's attire is humble, but his cologne is expensive. )
I have a present for you. Do you want it? ( blushing, ) I won't get sad if you say no, but you'll want to say yes.
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( he just knows these things, like the wind knows a chill's name on the back burn of a breeze - he could pick a crook out at a hundred paces, just by the look in their eye. mako doesn't have the same type of swagger. that's not to say he radiates a good boy type of personality, because you could see the wear and tear of a burdened life weighing down his shoulders into an expected frown, but there are things that even a life of hardship can't conceal - the genuine gleam of goodness resting in the shine of mako's eyes, something like hope layered on top of it's (un)healthy dosage of exhaustion. he sees a man before him who still wants to see the good in people, despite being shown all the ways in which people have steered off the path of righteous peace. he also sees an orphan who ate up a lot of trauma as a kid, and just wants to spit out something nicer than what he was given.
profoundly, dick relates to this.
clothes settled into place, dick takes lengthy, floating steps over to where mako is seated, and plops down just beside him. dick's attire is humble, but his cologne is expensive. )
I have a present for you. Do you want it? ( blushing, ) I won't get sad if you say no, but you'll want to say yes.