In the quiet rain-noise and nothing else but their footsteps, it's easy for Lemm to pick up the sound of a stumble, and with his existing concern for the vessel's health he's quick to turn and check.
What he sees - panic, fear, something - is not something he's prepared for, but then he wasn't prepared for the Hollow Knight to show up in the neighbourhood in the first place. Woefully under-prepared for this interaction is what he is. This is not enough to stop Lemm from trying.
His shocked gaze flicks from their panicked scramble to the Fountain Square statue, and even as he looks back he's already thinking oh, you're an idiot. You're a tremendous idiot. Didn't think of this.
"What - ah, no, none of that-!" Lemm doesn't know what to do yet, he's just reacting blindly, but he approaches quickly with his free hand out to show he's unarmed, and errs far short of trying to touch them.
They're not the Lord of Shades, and he's not afraid of them either, but the valuable difference between being unafraid and being arrogant is knowing the danger you're putting yourself in; Lemm knows there'll be trouble for him if they react any worse to his presence. He does not reach out. Will not until he's sure it won't get his arm clawed off or a giant Nail through the rest of him. He is vaguely aware he still might.
"Stop. Stop - you'll end up in the Waterways, reacting like that..."
A glance over his shoulder. Lemm's mind finally produces an action that might be useful, and he sidesteps, putting himself in the way between the Hollow Knight and their statue, blotting out most of their view of it with the span of his umbrella.
He needs their attention, first. "Look here! At me. Here."
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Date: 2023-01-07 02:34 pm (UTC)What he sees - panic, fear, something - is not something he's prepared for, but then he wasn't prepared for the Hollow Knight to show up in the neighbourhood in the first place. Woefully under-prepared for this interaction is what he is. This is not enough to stop Lemm from trying.
His shocked gaze flicks from their panicked scramble to the Fountain Square statue, and even as he looks back he's already thinking oh, you're an idiot. You're a tremendous idiot. Didn't think of this.
"What - ah, no, none of that-!" Lemm doesn't know what to do yet, he's just reacting blindly, but he approaches quickly with his free hand out to show he's unarmed, and errs far short of trying to touch them.
They're not the Lord of Shades, and he's not afraid of them either, but the valuable difference between being unafraid and being arrogant is knowing the danger you're putting yourself in; Lemm knows there'll be trouble for him if they react any worse to his presence. He does not reach out. Will not until he's sure it won't get his arm clawed off or a giant Nail through the rest of him. He is vaguely aware he still might.
"Stop. Stop - you'll end up in the Waterways, reacting like that..."
A glance over his shoulder. Lemm's mind finally produces an action that might be useful, and he sidesteps, putting himself in the way between the Hollow Knight and their statue, blotting out most of their view of it with the span of his umbrella.
He needs their attention, first. "Look here! At me. Here."