[ It's the sort of reaction he's used to; going from circus to Exorcist was a bit of an unexpected jump even considering most of them came from extremely different lives before. People are always interested in that sort of thing, too. Circuses.
Though perhaps more interestingly, he doesn't smile as he so often does when Shouto asks him if he was in the circus. Not much of a reaction at all, other than his eyes hooding slightly as if recalling something distant. ]
Mm... as far back as I can remember. [ He reaches down to adjust his legs to something more comfortable, choosing to sit cross-legged for now. It's a bit of a weird concept, needing to manually adjust your legs in such a fashion, but he's gotten used to it. Though he is able to move them a little now, the muscles trembling unsteadily, even if he can't put any weight on them. Also, he makes sure Shouto set him down in such a way where there's still room for him. He'll chide you if you didn't
Now he smiles though, fondly, at the other question and recalling Mana. Meeting the other boy's eyes this time as he does — and patting the blanket next to him. Various phases of the moon embroidered on it. ]
A pierrot is a kind of clown. We'd do street performances more often than not though, to get by. He'd juggle and do tricks and magic, making flowers appear for the crowd. [ It was Mana's favorite -- and Allen's too. Actualmagic that made them appear in a burst that always had people smiling, ooh'inh and aah'ing. The first time Allen saw them -- and how much the crowd smiled -- was the first time he'd ever truly smiled himself. That's why he likes flowers; enough that he still has them in his hair from earlier. Tim keeps batting lightly at the petals on his own miniature flower crown as well.
And spot on, that is exactly where Allen's fighting style comes from. That, and the mixed martial arts he learned from fighting (and it was fighting more than sparring) with a Chinese guardian deity. Fou was a scary lady even faster than Allen who nearly took his head more than once, but he learned a lot from her. And you better believe when he gets better enough to be able to spar that he's going to ask him if he would and they can test that theory. It'd be fun. ✨ ]
He was very good at it. One of the best. [ The best he'd ever seen, certainly. ]
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Though perhaps more interestingly, he doesn't smile as he so often does when Shouto asks him if he was in the circus. Not much of a reaction at all, other than his eyes hooding slightly as if recalling something distant. ]
Mm... as far back as I can remember. [ He reaches down to adjust his legs to something more comfortable, choosing to sit cross-legged for now. It's a bit of a weird concept, needing to manually adjust your legs in such a fashion, but he's gotten used to it. Though he is able to move them a little now, the muscles trembling unsteadily, even if he can't put any weight on them. Also, he makes sure Shouto set him down in such a way where there's still room for him. He'll chide you if you didn't
Now he smiles though, fondly, at the other question and recalling Mana. Meeting the other boy's eyes this time as he does — and patting the blanket next to him. Various phases of the moon embroidered on it. ]
A pierrot is a kind of clown. We'd do street performances more often than not though, to get by. He'd juggle and do tricks and magic, making flowers appear for the crowd. [ It was Mana's favorite -- and Allen's too. Actual magic that made them appear in a burst that always had people smiling, ooh'inh and aah'ing. The first time Allen saw them -- and how much the crowd smiled -- was the first time he'd ever truly smiled himself. That's why he likes flowers; enough that he still has them in his hair from earlier. Tim keeps batting lightly at the petals on his own miniature flower crown as well.
And spot on, that is exactly where Allen's fighting style comes from. That, and the mixed martial arts he learned from fighting (and it was fighting more than sparring) with a Chinese guardian deity. Fou was a scary lady even faster than Allen who nearly took his head more than once, but he learned a lot from her. And you better believe when he gets better enough to be able to spar that he's going to ask him if he would and they can test that theory. It'd be fun. ✨ ]
He was very good at it. One of the best. [ The best he'd ever seen, certainly. ]