It fit too well, from where Blue stood. His mouth tugged faintly at the display that surfaced when he had explained. No. He'd make things worse, wouldn't he? It was much closer to the reaction he always expected.
He took a step away, head bowed.
"I understand." He did - to a degree. As much as a Mu could. But being naturally inclined to share emotions would always shade his perceptions of those who did not. His reassurances wouldn't fix everything; that kind of power alienated as much as it knit together.
"I don't see much than I'm offered," he explained, raising his gaze. "Because you sought to link me to that person. It's the same as if you had spoken it aloud, to me. And all the things you link to me, I hear and see. The rest...I don't seek out. I won't."
He wanted to knead all of the uneasy feelings in front of him by hand, but he could not. He let his shoulders sag a little with his breath before lifting his head. The hand that had pointed came to rest on his chest.
"But I feel the unease, too. And I understand. I hope you can believe me when I tell you I have no wish to harm you, or take anything from you. It's just my nature to see and feel things like this."
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It fit too well, from where Blue stood. His mouth tugged faintly at the display that surfaced when he had explained. No. He'd make things worse, wouldn't he? It was much closer to the reaction he always expected.
He took a step away, head bowed.
"I understand." He did - to a degree. As much as a Mu could. But being naturally inclined to share emotions would always shade his perceptions of those who did not. His reassurances wouldn't fix everything; that kind of power alienated as much as it knit together.
"I don't see much than I'm offered," he explained, raising his gaze. "Because you sought to link me to that person. It's the same as if you had spoken it aloud, to me. And all the things you link to me, I hear and see. The rest...I don't seek out. I won't."
He wanted to knead all of the uneasy feelings in front of him by hand, but he could not. He let his shoulders sag a little with his breath before lifting his head. The hand that had pointed came to rest on his chest.
"But I feel the unease, too. And I understand. I hope you can believe me when I tell you I have no wish to harm you, or take anything from you. It's just my nature to see and feel things like this."