He watches like a hawk. There isn't much information to be gleaned from watching someone put up a curtain, but Lemm is used to puzzling through context clues, and it's more about the fact that they're doing as they think they've been told.
How long it takes them is a source of minor embarrassment - because he's been inconsiderate again. You can't call social skills 'rusty' if they were never made of good metal to begin with. But when the Knight is done, he turns away from the ornamental lantern-holder he was pretending to dust, comes over to give the curtain a fake-first glance, and remarks:
"Yes. You're right, it does fit. Good thinking." Lemm scratches at his beard idly. "It might as well stay there, since it'll dry better hung up."
His hand reaches higher than is comfortable and pats them gently on the hip, because it's as far up as he can get.
"Good. Time for a walk, then."
He whirls around and walks away, trying to obliterate the fact he just patted the Hollow Knight from his mind because currently there is far too much going on in there.
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Date: 2020-09-28 07:06 pm (UTC)How long it takes them is a source of minor embarrassment - because he's been inconsiderate again. You can't call social skills 'rusty' if they were never made of good metal to begin with. But when the Knight is done, he turns away from the ornamental lantern-holder he was pretending to dust, comes over to give the curtain a fake-first glance, and remarks:
"Yes. You're right, it does fit. Good thinking." Lemm scratches at his beard idly. "It might as well stay there, since it'll dry better hung up."
His hand reaches higher than is comfortable and pats them gently on the hip, because it's as far up as he can get.
"Good. Time for a walk, then."
He whirls around and walks away, trying to obliterate the fact he just patted the Hollow Knight from his mind because currently there is far too much going on in there.