A sigh that comes all the way up through the diaphragm lifts Anders' hand briefly, half in performance, half not. "Yes, I thought you might be."
He sounds like he's teasing, but really, Hawke is of course immediately willing, as ever, to assume whatever spare bits of fault might be lying around the room, to be plastered to his shoulders instantly. It's such an ingrained response it doesn't even occur to him to vocalize, mostly because it's not consciously occurring at all. Much like oysters don't think about accruing grains of sand. Even if he were prone to actually introduce anything on that subject it would probably be just to affirm he's not going to resign from the crew even if it's just gotten a whole lot more exciting.
Not that that excitement wasn't for a whole lot of the civilian population as well, so maybe that's a moot point anyway.
"I could concede to groveling a while, if you like."
Or he could just tighten his arms and live in the top of Anders' head\, that would probably work too. Whether or not it makes any sense there is an actual apology solidifying inside somewhere, it's just going to take a little while to cough up.
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He sounds like he's teasing, but really, Hawke is of course immediately willing, as ever, to assume whatever spare bits of fault might be lying around the room, to be plastered to his shoulders instantly. It's such an ingrained response it doesn't even occur to him to vocalize, mostly because it's not consciously occurring at all. Much like oysters don't think about accruing grains of sand. Even if he were prone to actually introduce anything on that subject it would probably be just to affirm he's not going to resign from the crew even if it's just gotten a whole lot more exciting.
Not that that excitement wasn't for a whole lot of the civilian population as well, so maybe that's a moot point anyway.
"I could concede to groveling a while, if you like."
Or he could just tighten his arms and live in the top of Anders' head\, that would probably work too. Whether or not it makes any sense there is an actual apology solidifying inside somewhere, it's just going to take a little while to cough up.