Lemm is content with that response. More than, actually, because the way they've written to him...
"Aye," he mutters, and looks away, if only to gather his thoughts. "Sorry I went about it so clumsily."
...It sinks in slowly, every time. There are a lot of layers for their sentiments to get through and he never handles it gracefully. That they'd talk about connection like that and chase it with a list, and that he would be on it, is a kind reminder that he's going about this the wrong way.
The moment he walked in and saw them sitting there he was hit with the will to - a lot of things. To hurry forward, check them over, fuss - but he'd curbed all of it, made himself be slow and kept his distance. And talked too much, to flatten it. Silly; that hadn't been what they'd needed from him.
"Maybe..." That's the problem with trying it the other way, all his diction goes out of the window. He gives up on it.
Lemm takes his hand off the counter and makes an awkward little beckoning motion towards himself, instead.
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Date: 2023-02-19 08:06 am (UTC)"Aye," he mutters, and looks away, if only to gather his thoughts. "Sorry I went about it so clumsily."
...It sinks in slowly, every time. There are a lot of layers for their sentiments to get through and he never handles it gracefully. That they'd talk about connection like that and chase it with a list, and that he would be on it, is a kind reminder that he's going about this the wrong way.
The moment he walked in and saw them sitting there he was hit with the will to - a lot of things. To hurry forward, check them over, fuss - but he'd curbed all of it, made himself be slow and kept his distance. And talked too much, to flatten it. Silly; that hadn't been what they'd needed from him.
"Maybe..." That's the problem with trying it the other way, all his diction goes out of the window. He gives up on it.
Lemm takes his hand off the counter and makes an awkward little beckoning motion towards himself, instead.