When, [ he returns with the shadow of a Look. When it wears off. Because if you think he's letting the two of you kick the bucket on his watch, well — you've been paying attention to his usual lack of empathy, probably, but time on the Phoenix has started to unearth a one or two long-buried instincts.
The less-well-buried ones are not without their uses, though. Accepting that assessment, he leads quick as he thinks Seoraj can manage; better to keep the adrenaline up than find out one way or the other. They pass through ruined streets and smoking husks of buildings, his breathing hard but even — until an incoming click-clatter of metal pinchers has Bucky shifting weight to shoulder back against the other man — wall, now — as if his 5'11" of half-starved dog could shield Seoraj and his Christmas ham from anything.
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The less-well-buried ones are not without their uses, though. Accepting that assessment, he leads quick as he thinks Seoraj can manage; better to keep the adrenaline up than find out one way or the other. They pass through ruined streets and smoking husks of buildings, his breathing hard but even — until an incoming click-clatter of metal pinchers has Bucky shifting weight to shoulder back against the other man — wall, now — as if his 5'11" of half-starved dog could shield Seoraj and his Christmas ham from anything.
(Humor him, ok.) ]