[Remarkable. No, she doesn't look even the slightest bit dissuaded. If anything, she might be more focused on the question, now? Good to know, if he needs to deflect anything else. Worse yet...]
That's... a good point.
[It's hard to deflect or prevaricate around that point, and he's been following her lead so far.]
Well. I realize this might be alarming, so please... don't be.
[He might be distracted by things like the thudding in his ribcage, the echoing pulse out from there, or the differences of how sweat feels on him right now... But he knows how to project a certain kind of confident hope even when he has to actively kindle the feeling in himself. He takes a deep breath, and pulls up what's meant as a reassuring smile.]
I'm not, exactly, human. The differences... are basically everything, except my bones. We have that much in common!
[Come to think of it, are his bones the same? He reaches up to prod at a cheek again, testing. The proportions feel familiar, even if the skin and whatever is so soft that it's difficult to feel in there.]
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That's... a good point.
[It's hard to deflect or prevaricate around that point, and he's been following her lead so far.]
Well. I realize this might be alarming, so please... don't be.
[He might be distracted by things like the thudding in his ribcage, the echoing pulse out from there, or the differences of how sweat feels on him right now... But he knows how to project a certain kind of confident hope even when he has to actively kindle the feeling in himself. He takes a deep breath, and pulls up what's meant as a reassuring smile.]
I'm not, exactly, human. The differences... are basically everything, except my bones. We have that much in common!
[Come to think of it, are his bones the same? He reaches up to prod at a cheek again, testing. The proportions feel familiar, even if the skin and whatever is so soft that it's difficult to feel in there.]