[ the teasing hits its mark — charles ducks his head, mostly to try and hide his sheepish smile, because obviously it's entirely correct; he could talk about junpei for hours, probably, not that there would be anyone out there willing to listen.
and of course, there's the hilarity available to neither of them that altius would think of junpei as someone normal, with his entire ocean of time travel trauma; but charles has no way of knowing that's what he thinks, of course, and so no way of correcting him. not that he would, in any case; junpei's experiences are for him to talk about if he wants to.
still — fondness lights up his eyes as altius moves on to speak about scott and richard, because though it may be platonic, charles loves both of them very much. ]
Scott's aces. He's one of the best friends I've ever had. [ there are very few things he would not do, if scott asked them of him. ] Richard's from the same place I am, same country, too, just centuries apart. He sort of treats me like his subject, [ he says with a laugh, ] And I think it's really important to him, so I don't mind.
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and of course, there's the hilarity available to neither of them that altius would think of junpei as someone normal, with his entire ocean of time travel trauma; but charles has no way of knowing that's what he thinks, of course, and so no way of correcting him. not that he would, in any case; junpei's experiences are for him to talk about if he wants to.
still — fondness lights up his eyes as altius moves on to speak about scott and richard, because though it may be platonic, charles loves both of them very much. ]
Scott's aces. He's one of the best friends I've ever had. [ there are very few things he would not do, if scott asked them of him. ] Richard's from the same place I am, same country, too, just centuries apart. He sort of treats me like his subject, [ he says with a laugh, ] And I think it's really important to him, so I don't mind.