He doesn't visually catch that flicker of something dark, though, in the chaos of rising water and floating notepads. But similar ripples exist in more than just expressions and body language — for a man like him, they originate in the mind. Even if he isn't purposefully attuned to neighboring thoughts and emotions, he is often passively aware. But ultimately, it's a droplet in a sea. There are more pressing matters at hand, and there's no time to disassemble the web of someone else's first impression of him.
Right now, he really doesn't care.
His mouth, often curved into a faint grin for most, remains in a permanent state of nigh-scowling. This stranger's calmness doesn't escalate his frustration, but neither does it mitigate it.]
I have enough energy to tear this entire room apart if I have to.
[And yet this still doesn't negate her point, does it? Exactly how helpful would that be, if the door itself doesn't so much as budge when having an iron desk thrown at it by an agitated psychic.
To his credit, he seems to realize this... at least in how he immediately dips down and snatches a notepad out of the water, trying to flip through its soggy pages.]
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He doesn't visually catch that flicker of something dark, though, in the chaos of rising water and floating notepads. But similar ripples exist in more than just expressions and body language — for a man like him, they originate in the mind. Even if he isn't purposefully attuned to neighboring thoughts and emotions, he is often passively aware. But ultimately, it's a droplet in a sea. There are more pressing matters at hand, and there's no time to disassemble the web of someone else's first impression of him.
Right now, he really doesn't care.
His mouth, often curved into a faint grin for most, remains in a permanent state of nigh-scowling. This stranger's calmness doesn't escalate his frustration, but neither does it mitigate it.]
I have enough energy to tear this entire room apart if I have to.
[And yet this still doesn't negate her point, does it? Exactly how helpful would that be, if the door itself doesn't so much as budge when having an iron desk thrown at it by an agitated psychic.
To his credit, he seems to realize this... at least in how he immediately dips down and snatches a notepad out of the water, trying to flip through its soggy pages.]
I'm not going to drown in a place like this.