Mentally cursing himself to snap out of it, Christophe knew and had accepted that he shouldnât have expected any other response, so he couldnât understand why he wasnât turning on his heel and heading for the door; instead, he was quiet for what was really only a couple of seconds but that felt like hours when it occurred to him that, as some kind of cherry on top of the situation, he swore he could feel a single tear threatening to show up: âover my dead bodyâ crossed his mind. Blinking it away, Christophe nodded, breaking his silence, âNo, no, God cursed me with that talent. I canât drink gin without going around wanting to hug people,â he scrunched up his nose in disgust as if heâd just admitted something, but Gregory knew all about that one already as Mole had ended up a sentimental mess who would go through a bookâs worth of compliments if he got the hugs he wanted after a bottle of that stuff.
âI canât handle gin,â he repeated, âI canât run and think at the same time, which makes any situation Iâve gotten out of a fucking miracle because, oh, yeah, my coordination doesnât extend to any situation above ground, so when Iâm running Iâm just looking at the ground, planning the next step. And God, ew,â sticking out his tongue, Christophe was aware that he was rambling, but he also knew that there was no way that heâd ever be able to explain himself over text instead without blowing up Gregoryâs phone with a string of messages that was a million short messages long, âI always think Iâm having a-â shaking his head, he wondered if Gregory was still close to sending Elizabeth after him, âshit, I mean my heart feels like itâs trying to train for the fucking world Olympics all the damn time. All the time! All the time, just from talking to-â leaving out the last word, he motioned a hand toward Gregory instead, the dark of the room doing nothing to hide the red tint across his cheeks.