Of all the useless, pointless, utterly infuriating questions-- wait. People did that when they were being too polite to be straightforward, didn't they? Melek squinted at the man -- up at the man -- juggling loud annoyance with the idle wonder about social mores and the consideration of how difficult it would be to just... take a bite.
Probably prohibitively difficult, mountain of a man that the other was. A quieter, more frustrated hiss of sound had escaped him in a moment, and for now he didn't even care about the giveaway-- wait, no. No, he needed to care, animals and revenants didn't encourage people to share lifeblood. Hell. Shit. Words. Melek dragged his mind away from the nearly all-consuming press of life he stood outside, grasped for something that sounded sapient. "I'm fine."
Blatant lies, especially when paired with the way he'd edged a few inches away. He was stuck here. Couldn't just step away and leave a confused bleeding mess behind him. Had to think about things he hadn't in, what, decades?
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Probably prohibitively difficult, mountain of a man that the other was. A quieter, more frustrated hiss of sound had escaped him in a moment, and for now he didn't even care about the giveaway-- wait, no. No, he needed to care, animals and revenants didn't encourage people to share lifeblood. Hell. Shit. Words. Melek dragged his mind away from the nearly all-consuming press of life he stood outside, grasped for something that sounded sapient. "I'm fine."
Blatant lies, especially when paired with the way he'd edged a few inches away. He was stuck here. Couldn't just step away and leave a confused bleeding mess behind him. Had to think about things he hadn't in, what, decades?