NIKI
"I would not have believed it if you had not said," Niki remarks quietly, his smile slanting towards something more crooked. At that moment, of course, he can hear the sudden pop! of a cork and a cheer from over at the bar (it's Danta, of course, and it's a sign of impending chaos), and the boy glances automatically over his shoulder before returning his attention to Astaroth.
Some of the tension eases from his shoulders to hear that he isn't unintentionally interrupting the butcher's work, with another sip of his coffee he also finds himself straightening up, glancing fleetingly at the animated tail tip flicking beside the booth. "As long as you do not mind," he says, sounding a touch too happy about it to be able to play it off as nonchalance.
"I have been eager to see the sorts of things you craft from bone since we found those antlers in the Greatwood," he confesses. "Given that I work mainly with metal, I have never considered incorporating that sort of thing into my creations." But he might in future, based on what Asta shows him.
Some of the tension eases from his shoulders to hear that he isn't unintentionally interrupting the butcher's work, with another sip of his coffee he also finds himself straightening up, glancing fleetingly at the animated tail tip flicking beside the booth. "As long as you do not mind," he says, sounding a touch too happy about it to be able to play it off as nonchalance.
"I have been eager to see the sorts of things you craft from bone since we found those antlers in the Greatwood," he confesses. "Given that I work mainly with metal, I have never considered incorporating that sort of thing into my creations." But he might in future, based on what Asta shows him.
my body's on the line now, I can't fight this time now
I can feel the light shine on my face
I can feel the light shine on my face
