[Oz smiles in that apologetic fashion and greets him, and something in Qrow feels oddly young again, reassured by the presence of the man who spent so much of his youth trying to teach him the value of hope and optimism -- and yet it is not an unburdened feeling. He has lost so much since he was that lonely boy first learning to have faith. He and Oz themselves have rebuilt an entire shattered foundation from the ground up.
Relief and old grief mingle, and leave something overwhelmed and difficult to define in his own chest. He surprises his own self when he reaches back reflexively for the cane that is of course not with him, not this time, and his own smile in return is a tinge embarrassed in the wake of the slip.]
Hey, Oz. S'good to see you.
[An awkward beat follows; another difference from Mistral is that they are standing at the threshold of his lover's home, in which he spends his evenings in languid retirement for the most part. There is no urgent goal to accomplish, no next step to climb in an neverending mountain. Ozpin is back, and they are free to simply carry on as before. The house can simply be rebuilt; there are no swarms of monsters lingering to make the area uninhabitable. He and Ruby and Ange are here only as a matter of convenience, right now.]
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Relief and old grief mingle, and leave something overwhelmed and difficult to define in his own chest. He surprises his own self when he reaches back reflexively for the cane that is of course not with him, not this time, and his own smile in return is a tinge embarrassed in the wake of the slip.]
Hey, Oz. S'good to see you.
[An awkward beat follows; another difference from Mistral is that they are standing at the threshold of his lover's home, in which he spends his evenings in languid retirement for the most part. There is no urgent goal to accomplish, no next step to climb in an neverending mountain. Ozpin is back, and they are free to simply carry on as before. The house can simply be rebuilt; there are no swarms of monsters lingering to make the area uninhabitable. He and Ruby and Ange are here only as a matter of convenience, right now.]
Do you wanna come in?