[ in his experience, no one has ever started anything with "I hate to do this to you" and ever really meant it, so this already has asriel expecting the worst.
he can feel stelmaria's amusement, too — the traitor — and she would love it if asriel would lighten up a little.
predictably, disgust is the motivating factor behind dropping john's hand as thoughtlessly as he does, at which point the curse is happy to inform them that more testing will be required.
angrily, uselessly, his frustration snaps and he punches down hard on the adjacent tabletop. it's a painful jolt that travels right up his arm to the shoulder, and with another wordless snarl, asriel takes john's hand up again. ]
You like to push your luck, don't you?
[ that's a dumb question he doesn't need to ask and a sorry attempt at deflection. this was never guaranteed to work, and asriel had already set his expectations low, but there was a particular sense of dread now that wasn't there before at having even fewer limited options. ]
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he can feel stelmaria's amusement, too — the traitor — and she would love it if asriel would lighten up a little.
predictably, disgust is the motivating factor behind dropping john's hand as thoughtlessly as he does, at which point the curse is happy to inform them that more testing will be required.
angrily, uselessly, his frustration snaps and he punches down hard on the adjacent tabletop. it's a painful jolt that travels right up his arm to the shoulder, and with another wordless snarl, asriel takes john's hand up again. ]
You like to push your luck, don't you?
[ that's a dumb question he doesn't need to ask and a sorry attempt at deflection. this was never guaranteed to work, and asriel had already set his expectations low, but there was a particular sense of dread now that wasn't there before at having even fewer limited options. ]