[Zenyatta nodded. Wondered how much they had truly differed in that respect, in looking at an individual and seeing more than hard eyes and, within them, the distasteful shadows of a past that will not be forgotten.
Neither of them wish to forget.]
Yes. [He lifts his own optic sensors and braces himself for the impact of Gabriel's when they finally meet: a light ringed in darkness, like the halo about a full moon. Something clenched inside. Then it was gone.] Like the faith I have in you, Gabriel.
[The faith he had still in the man before him, no matter what.
He paused, then managed to hum in something like fond amusement. A dark, distant young man came to mind, hood pulled up around an oblique and vaguely challenging expression. Tall for his age, Zenyatta decided, and found that the embellishment pleased him.]
For what it is worth, now that we are closer, I rarely have any trouble understanding you. [Until that moment, he adds silently, though the faintest uptick in temperature might betray him.] I will concede that you are not an open book. But that is a part of you I would not think to change.
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Neither of them wish to forget.]
Yes. [He lifts his own optic sensors and braces himself for the impact of Gabriel's when they finally meet: a light ringed in darkness, like the halo about a full moon. Something clenched inside. Then it was gone.] Like the faith I have in you, Gabriel.
[The faith he had still in the man before him, no matter what.
He paused, then managed to hum in something like fond amusement. A dark, distant young man came to mind, hood pulled up around an oblique and vaguely challenging expression. Tall for his age, Zenyatta decided, and found that the embellishment pleased him.]
For what it is worth, now that we are closer, I rarely have any trouble understanding you. [Until that moment, he adds silently, though the faintest uptick in temperature might betray him.] I will concede that you are not an open book. But that is a part of you I would not think to change.