[ he's not used to this kind of touch, even after weeks out on rhadore with glenn and matt and lucia, and it probably shows in the way he stares down at their hands. he can't really feel anything through the layers of their gloves, so he knows the warmth is his imagination, but it still feels.. nice.
he likes these little glimpses into who his mother was, as well. the professor has always been pleased by his intelligence, and it's a little overwhelming to think that it might be something he got from her. he had a hard time seeing anything of himself in the face in the locket, maybe because of everything that was done to him as an infant, but that, at least, feels like a connection, however tenuous. it's hard to imagine her as a real person, though, even with the things vincent is telling him.
his glance lifts again, finding the older man's, watching the way his lips curl when he talks about her. he had loved her. ]
I wish I could have known her. [ though he doubts she'd much like the person he is now.
he uncurls his other hand from his knee and reaches for the clawed gauntlet, lifting it and turning it over in his palm. ] Is this.. part of what the professor did? [ it doesn't seem to just be armor. ]
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he likes these little glimpses into who his mother was, as well. the professor has always been pleased by his intelligence, and it's a little overwhelming to think that it might be something he got from her. he had a hard time seeing anything of himself in the face in the locket, maybe because of everything that was done to him as an infant, but that, at least, feels like a connection, however tenuous. it's hard to imagine her as a real person, though, even with the things vincent is telling him.
his glance lifts again, finding the older man's, watching the way his lips curl when he talks about her. he had loved her. ]
I wish I could have known her. [ though he doubts she'd much like the person he is now.
he uncurls his other hand from his knee and reaches for the clawed gauntlet, lifting it and turning it over in his palm. ] Is this.. part of what the professor did? [ it doesn't seem to just be armor. ]