[Surprisingly enough, clingy aliens and awkward invasions of his
personal space are fairly new to Drift, though given his lot in life and
its quota of weirdness, it's not that unusual at all.]
Could you... maybe... [His hand gestures seem to indicate that the
small child should get down, but the boy takes this in wholly the opposite
manner, scaling Drift's leg with nimble feet and hands, using any flange,
seam or armor cusp he can use as a handhold. Drift stands stiffly,
terrified to move, until the child acends past his legs. Then with another
sigh, he moves gingerly forward to a more conversational distance with his
'savior.']
Eh. Well. Success rate can't always be 100%, right? [Drift returns
the shrug, one-shouldered, fearful that the movement might inadvertently
squish small fingers on the other side.] Thank you though. Where'd
you learn that trick?
[And is that voice familiar? .....naw. He doesn't know many humans.
]
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[Surprisingly enough, clingy aliens and awkward invasions of his personal space are fairly new to Drift, though given his lot in life and its quota of weirdness, it's not that unusual at all.]
Could you... maybe... [His hand gestures seem to indicate that the small child should get down, but the boy takes this in wholly the opposite manner, scaling Drift's leg with nimble feet and hands, using any flange, seam or armor cusp he can use as a handhold. Drift stands stiffly, terrified to move, until the child acends past his legs. Then with another sigh, he moves gingerly forward to a more conversational distance with his 'savior.']
Eh. Well. Success rate can't always be 100%, right? [Drift returns the shrug, one-shouldered, fearful that the movement might inadvertently squish small fingers on the other side.] Thank you though. Where'd you learn that trick?
[And is that voice familiar? .....naw. He doesn't know many humans. ]