[ Because he's a hypocrite is the honest truth. But being confronted about it so gently and directly leaves a tightness in his throat; magnified by the way she reaches out and touches the side of his left hand.
His expression goes slack, eyes blinking rapidly from a small welling at the corners. ]
Ahiru... [ At a loss for words, he shifts his hand very gingerly against hers. Catching it between his "thumb" and the and the side of his hand where there isn't any sharpness to squeeze delicately. His dexterity is limited in this form. He can't even make a fist properly. Even if her hand is so tiny and dwarfed by the size of his own like this, what are basically talons as nearly as long as a man's forearm.
The darkness fades from his left eye as he does so, returning once again to a very pale grey as she brings him back under the light. ]
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His expression goes slack, eyes blinking rapidly from a small welling at the corners. ]
Ahiru... [ At a loss for words, he shifts his hand very gingerly against hers. Catching it between his "thumb" and the and the side of his hand where there isn't any sharpness to squeeze delicately. His dexterity is limited in this form. He can't even make a fist properly. Even if her hand is so tiny and dwarfed by the size of his own like this, what are basically talons as nearly as long as a man's forearm.
The darkness fades from his left eye as he does so, returning once again to a very pale grey as she brings him back under the light. ]
You're... very wise.
[ Not "just a duck" at all. ]