Erm -- [He might. If he ever sees one![ Suppose I shall, my lady -- Hikaru! Please, um. Excuse me.
[Tiny awkward wince, and - glance aside, not entirely sure what to make of not trusting angels, if by knee-jerk; the above-humanity's complicated and brutal in more than one reality, that much is clear - shakes his head out a little, clears out focus on the thought.]
-- If I. [Blink and glimpse aside for a moment.] Ever -- come to know one as such, er... [Clears his throat again, pulls his mouth thin with a self-conscious smile, fake play-off-the-tension pseudo-chuckle.] Would I, uhmmm.
Would -- you expect one identifiable from appearances, uhm. Or - or, er - essentially in a human-like guise, or - ...
[Cuts off thinly there, hoo, hopefully the point hasn't distracted from itself.
This really has become an attempt at upholding his end of some absurd, if honestly at least partway-curious, small talk.]
no subject
[Tiny awkward wince, and - glance aside, not entirely sure what to make of not trusting angels, if by knee-jerk; the above-humanity's complicated and brutal in more than one reality, that much is clear - shakes his head out a little, clears out focus on the thought.]
-- If I. [Blink and glimpse aside for a moment.] Ever -- come to know one as such, er... [Clears his throat again, pulls his mouth thin with a self-conscious smile, fake play-off-the-tension pseudo-chuckle.] Would I, uhmmm.
Would -- you expect one identifiable from appearances, uhm. Or - or, er - essentially in a human-like guise, or - ...
[Cuts off thinly there, hoo, hopefully the point hasn't distracted from itself.
This really has become an attempt at upholding his end of some absurd, if honestly at least partway-curious, small talk.]