Gorging at Thanksgiving had probably been a minor hint as well... though just about everyone would need to count themselves fortunate that he hadn't yet discovered the real problem with the prehistoric form.
Incidentally, around the same time that he figures out it still hurts for Hiruma to change, his respect for the bat-shifter will jump by several degrees. Facing something as potentially horrific as that... well. It had taken him the better part of a year and a half to come to terms with having to do so. Someone managing with worse and in less time? You bet your ass.
His attention is presently focused on the window, though, and he rumbles his agreement with Hiruma's assessment of how to go about attaching the tablecloth before coming to the conclusion that pushing the nails in place will be easier on him if he has a tool to do it with; leaning back, he grabs one of the useless fork-bodies and uses that.
If he happens to be sniffing the air near Hiruma's hand too while leaning in, so what?
No biggie /patpat I dreamt I'd answered a tag in my sleep the other night. It happens!
Incidentally, around the same time that he figures out it still hurts for Hiruma to change, his respect for the bat-shifter will jump by several degrees. Facing something as potentially horrific as that... well. It had taken him the better part of a year and a half to come to terms with having to do so. Someone managing with worse and in less time? You bet your ass.
His attention is presently focused on the window, though, and he rumbles his agreement with Hiruma's assessment of how to go about attaching the tablecloth before coming to the conclusion that pushing the nails in place will be easier on him if he has a tool to do it with; leaning back, he grabs one of the useless fork-bodies and uses that.
If he happens to be sniffing the air near Hiruma's hand too while leaning in, so what?