[The comment that Legault doesn't even have a partner for this prompts Jaffar into honestly appearing perplexed for a good moment or so. Further still, the very odd invitation is what gives him pause the most.
[It's not like he thinks Legault is unattractive. But other than that, he really doesn't know what to think about him, physically - it's all a blank.]
If that's what you need, very well.
[In the end, the habit of not really using what free will he has comes into play. But he's not opposed to it, anyway.]
[Legault blinks in surprise, but perhaps he shouldn't be. Jaffar, after all, is quite biddable when he chooses to be - mostly because he doesn't care about much.]
Naturally I'd prefer a bit more excitement. But I suppose we can make do.
[For all Legault's faults, he's not a bad person. He pauses.]
[That kind of consideration almost makes Jaffar's limited feelings show. In the end, he just shrugs slightly.]
I would have said no if I felt like it.
[A beat. Nino has told him before that in situations like this, it might not be a bad idea to try to verbalize what he's thinking or feeling, to help him understand himself, and for others to understand him better. It takes him a moment of thought (which really just means he's staring straight through Legault with no real expression,) and the words come after under thirty seconds.]
...I'm too curious to want to say no. And I don't hate looking at you.
[Well, that's fair enough. Jaffar does have the ability to say no, even if he often does as he's told, and Legault is not his commander. He has every right to say no if he chooses, and he's chosen not to.]
That's quite flattering.
[And Legault is, for that moment, sincere. 'I don't hate looking at you' is by far the most positive comment about his looks that he ever expected to get from Jaffar. He is flattered.]
[There's a very, very slight split second where Jaffar's cheeks almost look warmer, before he heads off to go hunt.
[Really, hunting animals isn't as tricky as a human - it's all instinct for them - and it doesn't take him long to find a stag and kill it, taking it by surprise. Of course, he's careful not to let much of the blood drip out even after it dies.
[After that, it's just a matter of bringing the kill back. Jaffar himself is slightly covered in blood, but he certainly doesn't pay it any mind as he carefully deposits the carcass before Legault (though he's mindful not to put it too close to wherever he might be tinkering.)
[As he thinks about it, it'll definitely make for a good food source later, as well. Maybe Nino would like it grilled...?]
Think this will have enough?
[It also strikes him that he's Actually Doing This... and his chest is doing some weird fluttery thing behind his ribs. So confusing.]
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Date: 2017-08-26 05:28 pm (UTC)[He's a very resourceful guy. He's... not sure how exactly he'll solve that problem, all things considered, but he's sure it's possible.]
Unless you'd like to volunteer for that as well.
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Date: 2017-08-26 07:45 pm (UTC)[It's not like he thinks Legault is unattractive. But other than that, he really doesn't know what to think about him, physically - it's all a blank.]
If that's what you need, very well.
[In the end, the habit of not really using what free will he has comes into play. But he's not opposed to it, anyway.]
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Date: 2017-08-29 06:51 am (UTC)Naturally I'd prefer a bit more excitement. But I suppose we can make do.
[For all Legault's faults, he's not a bad person. He pauses.]
You really don't have to, you know.
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Date: 2017-08-29 07:15 am (UTC)I would have said no if I felt like it.
[A beat. Nino has told him before that in situations like this, it might not be a bad idea to try to verbalize what he's thinking or feeling, to help him understand himself, and for others to understand him better. It takes him a moment of thought (which really just means he's staring straight through Legault with no real expression,) and the words come after under thirty seconds.]
...I'm too curious to want to say no. And I don't hate looking at you.
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Date: 2017-09-01 06:05 am (UTC)That's quite flattering.
[And Legault is, for that moment, sincere. 'I don't hate looking at you' is by far the most positive comment about his looks that he ever expected to get from Jaffar. He is flattered.]
It'll be fun. I promise. But first - the blood.
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Date: 2017-09-01 06:25 am (UTC)[There's a very, very slight split second where Jaffar's cheeks almost look warmer, before he heads off to go hunt.
[Really, hunting animals isn't as tricky as a human - it's all instinct for them - and it doesn't take him long to find a stag and kill it, taking it by surprise. Of course, he's careful not to let much of the blood drip out even after it dies.
[After that, it's just a matter of bringing the kill back. Jaffar himself is slightly covered in blood, but he certainly doesn't pay it any mind as he carefully deposits the carcass before Legault (though he's mindful not to put it too close to wherever he might be tinkering.)
[As he thinks about it, it'll definitely make for a good food source later, as well. Maybe Nino would like it grilled...?]
Think this will have enough?
[It also strikes him that he's Actually Doing This... and his chest is doing some weird fluttery thing behind his ribs. So confusing.]