show me all of your affection
let it rain on me
"Try not to take it too personally, everyone deals with grief differently. He may just need time away." He understands Oliver's desire to help, but he remembers the days after his parents had died in front of him, the scarce few hours before he'd been kidnapped. Harper hadn't wanted anyone's help no matter how well-meaning. Perhaps Loren is simply reacting in the same way.
"Yeah! I'd feel bad if you just made it for me, so I'll help how I can. Especially now that we have a giant kitchen to work with," he recalls with wide eyes, remembering stumbling across it and wondering who the hell needed a kitchen that large in the first place. At the mention of Jigano, Harper can't help but roll his eyes a little. "Trust me, I know. I'm surprised he still has a job in his Guild considering how much of an asshole he can be about different beliefs. Everyone here kind of has a stick up their ass about gods, and it's already crazy enough for me to know they exist." The dude is friendly at least, but Harper is no fan of people who project a different kinder personality while hiding their cruelty behind it. Too many years of experiencing that kind of emotional manipulation has made him bitter and unwilling to entertain such things.
Blue eyes soften with sympathy as Oliver stumbles through his mistake with Frey. "Everything is a learning opportunity at least. You're not hurt are you?" After everything Jigano had implied it doesn't seem outside of the realm of possibility. He's sufficiently distracted when Oliver sits up and shifts, turning into a...woodpecker? Harper laughs delightedly, completely impressed and endeared. "That's awesome!" he exclaims as he sits up to better look over the wings and colors on display.
"Yeah! I'd feel bad if you just made it for me, so I'll help how I can. Especially now that we have a giant kitchen to work with," he recalls with wide eyes, remembering stumbling across it and wondering who the hell needed a kitchen that large in the first place. At the mention of Jigano, Harper can't help but roll his eyes a little. "Trust me, I know. I'm surprised he still has a job in his Guild considering how much of an asshole he can be about different beliefs. Everyone here kind of has a stick up their ass about gods, and it's already crazy enough for me to know they exist." The dude is friendly at least, but Harper is no fan of people who project a different kinder personality while hiding their cruelty behind it. Too many years of experiencing that kind of emotional manipulation has made him bitter and unwilling to entertain such things.
Blue eyes soften with sympathy as Oliver stumbles through his mistake with Frey. "Everything is a learning opportunity at least. You're not hurt are you?" After everything Jigano had implied it doesn't seem outside of the realm of possibility. He's sufficiently distracted when Oliver sits up and shifts, turning into a...woodpecker? Harper laughs delightedly, completely impressed and endeared. "That's awesome!" he exclaims as he sits up to better look over the wings and colors on display.
and pull down all your mountains
drag your cities to the sea
HARPER
