Come With Me And You'll See

"... they really abandoned you with nothing but a drink. Really?" His voice held a touch of distaste.

He didn't need to much care about the songbird's music to be inundated with information about him. Which made it especially obnoxious to consider that his keepers were so negligent with him. Did they think this event was too high brow for someone to get their drink spiked? That everyone here was on the up and up, accounted for?

They really left no one to keep an eye on him?

"That kind of negligence is gonna fuck you over, y'know that, right?" The distaste was replaced with something slightly more detached. It wasn't his problem. The singer wasn't his business or his responsibility.

"I plan to have a nice chat with them after all this." Was all had to say on the matter. As upset as he was, he made sure not to sound any more disgruntled than he already had. He had his appearances to keep up.

It wouldn't have mattered if Estienne had whispered at the lowest possible whisper, Lu still would have heard him. Not only were his senses heightened to make up for his blindness, but his hearing was incredible alone just because of what he was.

"A snake, hm?" The fae gave a soft, amused smile. Even with the mask, a light tint of a blush made it's way to his cheeks. "I could have easily mistaken you for a dragon with that voice of yours." Of course he meant it as a compliment.

"Try waking up with blood dripping out of your nose and ears most mornings and tell me how your brain functions." He pouted. "Look... I can get some things to stick... It just takes time and a lot of work. Repetition." He leaned against the counter once again.

"S'lot of problem solving on the fly too. I'm just not gonna be blamed for breaking a machine." He patted the phone he tucked away. "Videos are better than written instructions. I'm not afraid to admit I'll have to watch this an almost embarrassing amount of times. Just because I'm on my phone, doesn't mean I'm goofing off either. It's what I'm doing most of the time. Studying."

"Everyone is Hun for a reason until I can get their names stuck up in here." He swirled a finger around his own head.

"I don't exactly enjoy it, you know. I try a lot harder than anyone thinks. I sure fuckin' hope it works.... I-" He sighed. "I just hope it's not too permanently damaged that I can't heal. You don't know what I'd give to be able to just remember one single birthday or even just one event. I hate that all my memory has to be on my phone."

"See, lass, I came here to surprise me girlfriend....." His smile fading into a much more sullen, kicked puppy sort of look. "I should say me ex-girlfriend- But she ended up surprisin' me with that bastard instead."

He took a swig of his drink, plopping himself down on a stool. "Ahhh, but fuck em' both, yeah? You don' wanna hear me bitch do ya?" He smiled again, and he was really good at making it seem sincere.

"No, no, I don't mind!" Sylvi waved her hand dismissively as she smiled. With the heat of summer, it was common for it to begin to affect people. At least, that was what she imagined may have caused him the pain. "Sometimes it's good to talk to a stranger. Or it's easier?" She continued smiling, hoping she wasn't coming off as too strange.

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it's been five years since he left & the heartbreak started, & as much as shan is willing to move on with him, it's still going to take time for all those cracks to heal fully. plus, she's always been a fiercely independent person, much to her best friends' annoyance, & actively building a life with another person is going to be an interesting challenge in & of itself.

"You can kick my ass five ways til' sunday if I don'. But I promise I won' let it come ta that." They both know he'd be determined to never do anything to mess this up as long as he could help it.

"I can wait. However long...." Cal smiled up at her. As she kissed his forehead, he let one hand run gently along her spine. "Believe it or not... I do know how ta be patient." He chuckled.

HD gifset of Joe as Cassidy in Preacher season 3. His best look, hands down - I would do terrible things for that man <3

A slight smile settled on his features.