[ Don't worry, Timcanpy isn't someone who can actually attack. Aside from biting occasionally and headbutting to make a point. But he sure makes a great hindrance and entrance.
As soon as he's made his point and the disagreement seems settled, he pops back to normal size and rejoins Allen and Shouto. A bit agitated looking maybe, zigzagging around and snapping his teeth together with a chattering like he's chastising them, but mollified. ]
I wouldn't! [ It's an emphatic as it is surprised, jolted from momentary wonderment at just how high up they are -- or that for a moment Shouto seemed like he was talking to him. ] Tim just wants to protect me... too.
[ --that was it, wasn't it. And he trails off at the realization, going a little quiet for a moment. ]
Todoroki... [ His voice has dropped a little, more serious. Soft, but more burdened. ] ...are you sure about this?
[ His grip tightens for a moment in a way that has nothing to do with needing balance, looking straight ahead as they move back into the city, but mouth working for a moment like in some internal conflict that's only sorrowful. ]
You can just drop me off. It's okay, I'll be fine. [ It's a bit of a blatant lie. It's a level 4, the birth of one. He knows that, he's seen it before. And... he's never been able to defeat one on his own. The last time with another exorcist arguably stronger than him, and just barely. And at great cost. ] Seeing something like that -- fighting something like this...
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As soon as he's made his point and the disagreement seems settled, he pops back to normal size and rejoins Allen and Shouto. A bit agitated looking maybe, zigzagging around and snapping his teeth together with a chattering like he's chastising them, but mollified. ]
I wouldn't! [ It's an emphatic as it is surprised, jolted from momentary wonderment at just how high up they are -- or that for a moment Shouto seemed like he was talking to him. ] Tim just wants to protect me... too.
[ --that was it, wasn't it. And he trails off at the realization, going a little quiet for a moment. ]
Todoroki... [ His voice has dropped a little, more serious. Soft, but more burdened. ] ...are you sure about this?
[ His grip tightens for a moment in a way that has nothing to do with needing balance, looking straight ahead as they move back into the city, but mouth working for a moment like in some internal conflict that's only sorrowful. ]
You can just drop me off. It's okay, I'll be fine. [ It's a bit of a blatant lie. It's a level 4, the birth of one. He knows that, he's seen it before. And... he's never been able to defeat one on his own. The last time with another exorcist arguably stronger than him, and just barely. And at great cost. ] Seeing something like that -- fighting something like this...
No one should have to.