I have the almighty Viator with me, what else would I need? I could even be barehanded.
[He replies to the joke with the ghost of a smile on his face and by his tone it's impossible to say whether he's teasing him in a harmless way, or outright taunting him, like he really doubts he's as strong and capable as they make him.
He scoffs from his nose when his body is used to hold his weapon and if he were anyone else, he would probably blush under Aether's shameless scrutiny, like he's scanning him for purposes that don't require fighting together, but tangling under bedsheets together.]
Oh? Like me a lot in what ways?
[He plays naive with a tilt of his head, bangs sliding away from his eye. He decides to ignore the too friendly way he was addressed, just for today. See? He's a good guy, he doesn't need a baby-sitter at all. He catches his own blade then and drops it back into his pocket.]
Say, is your little fairy listening to everything we say?
[He has no way of knowing whether he contacts her only when he needs to or if she's always on standby.]
I'm really shy, I won't feel comfortable like that while we're on a mission.
[Viator without Paimon means he could just as well be blind, from what he's heard about them. But if she's privy to all the information Aether will learn during this job as well, like a two for one deal, who is to say she won't betray The Sages? Alhaitham doesn't trust someone he can't meet --someone he can't physically retaliate against.]
Your word she's to be trusted means nothing to me. I showed you my goodwill today. [He nods towards the devices he's broken.] So, two days from now, on our first assignment, you do the job without your fairy. [He taps his ear.] Or I do the job by myself and you deal with the consequences. [He shrugs.] That could mean no money for you.
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[He replies to the joke with the ghost of a smile on his face and by his tone it's impossible to say whether he's teasing him in a harmless way, or outright taunting him, like he really doubts he's as strong and capable as they make him.
He scoffs from his nose when his body is used to hold his weapon and if he were anyone else, he would probably blush under Aether's shameless scrutiny, like he's scanning him for purposes that don't require fighting together, but tangling under bedsheets together.]
Oh? Like me a lot in what ways?
[He plays naive with a tilt of his head, bangs sliding away from his eye. He decides to ignore the too friendly way he was addressed, just for today. See? He's a good guy, he doesn't need a baby-sitter at all. He catches his own blade then and drops it back into his pocket.]
Say, is your little fairy listening to everything we say?
[He has no way of knowing whether he contacts her only when he needs to or if she's always on standby.]
I'm really shy, I won't feel comfortable like that while we're on a mission.
[Viator without Paimon means he could just as well be blind, from what he's heard about them. But if she's privy to all the information Aether will learn during this job as well, like a two for one deal, who is to say she won't betray The Sages? Alhaitham doesn't trust someone he can't meet --someone he can't physically retaliate against.]
Your word she's to be trusted means nothing to me. I showed you my goodwill today. [He nods towards the devices he's broken.] So, two days from now, on our first assignment, you do the job without your fairy. [He taps his ear.] Or I do the job by myself and you deal with the consequences. [He shrugs.] That could mean no money for you.