[Me who fuckin forgot this was affection week: sir buy him a drink first.
Thankfully Chiron isn't as stupid as the person playing him, though that won't stop his minor pause of surprise as he glances at that hand. Frankly, he was prepared to suffer in silence, but if Emet-Selch is losing patience:]
Right, of course.
[Promptly reaching back out and taking the hand. Though...]
Alternatively, if you would prefer to just lean against me...
[-- Listen, he is used to people wanting to treat him like a piece of furniture, especially children. So he makes the offer in case this is beneath the other's dignity]
[It's part losing patience, and part that after this conversation, Chiron is tolerable enough that he will allow it. Guess which part he's not going to mention.]
I would prefer to maintain at least some distance.
[is this ridiculous? yes. does he want to be close enough for that? not really.]
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Thankfully Chiron isn't as stupid as the person playing him, though that won't stop his minor pause of surprise as he glances at that hand. Frankly, he was prepared to suffer in silence, but if Emet-Selch is losing patience:]
Right, of course.
[Promptly reaching back out and taking the hand. Though...]
Alternatively, if you would prefer to just lean against me...
[-- Listen, he is used to people wanting to treat him like a piece of furniture, especially children. So he makes the offer in case this is beneath the other's dignity]
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I would prefer to maintain at least some distance.
[is this ridiculous? yes. does he want to be close enough for that? not really.]
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He has the grace (and common sense) not to laugh at how silly this looks.]
Very well.
[He'll just leave it at holding hands while he details some of the ways in which Zeus tried to deflower an entire generation of Greece]