I think I can manage being collateral damage
"I liked it." Ever comments, his tone carefully neutral as he glances between his only two friends. Having periodically accepted "sips" from Koa's smuggled flask if only to monitor the change in its weight to keep track of how much the dragoon and botanist have consumed, the aviator's mind is unencumbered by the haze of alcohol if not weighed down by talk of shapes and colours.
Nodding the affirmative as Mateo mentions shapes rather than simply cubes, he hazards a glance toward Koa and offers the dragoon a conciliatory shrug, having been on the receiving end of Mateo's art history lectures often enough to know when it's best to simply agree. "Perhaps the artists were making a statement by specifically not adding cubes." He suggests before taking a deep breath of air blissfully free of the scent of paint and perfume.
Shoving his hands into his pockets, Ever glances between Mateo and Koa, assuming that their night wasn't over quite yet. Having heard from the botanist about his run-in with the dragoon, despite having never gone through a breakup himself, Ever nevertheless understood that talk of happy relationships (and therefore Isla) was off the table. Probably Torchline too, and anything tangentially related to Flora, which left the aviator a touch tongue-tied in trying to think up a suitable topic of conversation.
Nodding the affirmative as Mateo mentions shapes rather than simply cubes, he hazards a glance toward Koa and offers the dragoon a conciliatory shrug, having been on the receiving end of Mateo's art history lectures often enough to know when it's best to simply agree. "Perhaps the artists were making a statement by specifically not adding cubes." He suggests before taking a deep breath of air blissfully free of the scent of paint and perfume.
Shoving his hands into his pockets, Ever glances between Mateo and Koa, assuming that their night wasn't over quite yet. Having heard from the botanist about his run-in with the dragoon, despite having never gone through a breakup himself, Ever nevertheless understood that talk of happy relationships (and therefore Isla) was off the table. Probably Torchline too, and anything tangentially related to Flora, which left the aviator a touch tongue-tied in trying to think up a suitable topic of conversation.
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