His hand presses at the small of Jesper's back when he leans in and he makes a soft sound of pleasure at the fingers in his hair. Enjoying that sort of touch as he always does. When he pulls back, his gaze has warmed and his smile has deepened faintly. Genuine and fond.
"A drink does sound pretty good right now, actually." He takes a step back and gives Jesper's hand a gentle tug, agreeing with that idea. He should probably get out of the sun for a bit anyway. At midafternoon, it was at its highest and hottest right now.
"As for talking about it... the problem isn't actually mine, I'm just sort of stuck in the middle of all of it." He huffs out a tired sigh, shoulders slumping a little as he shakes his head. "Claude and Hilda are fighting. Worse than I've ever seen. Neither will talk about what set them off and neither seems all too keen to talk to each other about it, either. It's made the loft very uncomfortable of late."
Knowing he's talked to Jesper a little in the past about the new magic he got here - mostly back when it was still brand new and overwhelming and he couldn't figure out how to get a handle on it - he casts the other sideways glance.
"Neither of them know I can literally feel what's happening between them. Petra was the only one who knew and with her gone now... I've done what little I can, but this isn't my problem to fix and that's it own special kind of frustrating." His lips quirk into a wry grimace as he bumps into Jesper's side as they walk. "I'm not very good at 'doing nothing' if you hadn't guessed."
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"A drink does sound pretty good right now, actually." He takes a step back and gives Jesper's hand a gentle tug, agreeing with that idea. He should probably get out of the sun for a bit anyway. At midafternoon, it was at its highest and hottest right now.
"As for talking about it... the problem isn't actually mine, I'm just sort of stuck in the middle of all of it." He huffs out a tired sigh, shoulders slumping a little as he shakes his head. "Claude and Hilda are fighting. Worse than I've ever seen. Neither will talk about what set them off and neither seems all too keen to talk to each other about it, either. It's made the loft very uncomfortable of late."
Knowing he's talked to Jesper a little in the past about the new magic he got here - mostly back when it was still brand new and overwhelming and he couldn't figure out how to get a handle on it - he casts the other sideways glance.
"Neither of them know I can literally feel what's happening between them. Petra was the only one who knew and with her gone now... I've done what little I can, but this isn't my problem to fix and that's it own special kind of frustrating." His lips quirk into a wry grimace as he bumps into Jesper's side as they walk. "I'm not very good at 'doing nothing' if you hadn't guessed."