// standing, stomping in the damage and the ruins of a slip of tongue //
It’s true, the no flying really does help – and keeping her a distance away from him for the moment in a controlled environment where Danta can grab her if she starts to get squirrelly, Astaroth is given a rare opportunity to simply watch and study, learn the difference between crows and the average gore crow that he’d had the intimate knowledge of their habits. He withdraws the second the peanuts are placed, dark eyes focused intensely on her and her own equally dark eyes, humming a note that is relieving to an extent to know she’s an omnivore.
When the question is directed about why he even has peanuts in his desk, he snorts a little (made easier by the fact Moira isn’t terrorizing him right now and he’s getting used to being in the same room as her), that he can respond. “I like the crunch they have.” He shrugs a shoulder casually but continues to watch as she chomps down, her wings tucked in tightly, his hands folding together directly in front of him pressed against his chest on the desk. His posture is still quite tense, but he’s doing far better than he thought he would. “I think it helps that she is not flying.” Not that he hadn’t dealt with gore crows wandering around his flayed body, but, the swooping and descending really had the biggest impact to his issues. “She looks different, too.” It might be obvious, but these are things the butcher has to say out loud as if to cement the idea, to make it real.
When the question is directed about why he even has peanuts in his desk, he snorts a little (made easier by the fact Moira isn’t terrorizing him right now and he’s getting used to being in the same room as her), that he can respond. “I like the crunch they have.” He shrugs a shoulder casually but continues to watch as she chomps down, her wings tucked in tightly, his hands folding together directly in front of him pressed against his chest on the desk. His posture is still quite tense, but he’s doing far better than he thought he would. “I think it helps that she is not flying.” Not that he hadn’t dealt with gore crows wandering around his flayed body, but, the swooping and descending really had the biggest impact to his issues. “She looks different, too.” It might be obvious, but these are things the butcher has to say out loud as if to cement the idea, to make it real.
Astaroth
// with tragic consequences, i think that we've all made our gravest mistakes //
