It's not like Elliot taking his hand is an entirely unfamiliar sensation, but he's not exactly expecting it, especially not with the thoughts running through his head.
He's especially not expecting what happens next, and when that ring hits his palm he has to take a couple of seconds to look down and confirm what it is. And re-confirm, and re-confirm.
His eyes widen all the way, his fingers instinctively curling around the small band of metal as if to quadruple-check that it's real by touch.
He looks back up to Elliot, as if wanting some kind of explanation, but Elliot's looking away. But... it's not really giving him the same sort of impression as it might have if it were something bad? More just... shyness. Rean's pretty familiar with that from Elliot, so it's not exactly hard to recognize.
And with all of these pieces together, even the vast space of nothing where Rean's thoughts ought to be can string together what this means.
There's no way? He was so certain there was no way. And yet...
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It's not like Elliot taking his hand is an entirely unfamiliar sensation, but he's not exactly expecting it, especially not with the thoughts running through his head.
He's especially not expecting what happens next, and when that ring hits his palm he has to take a couple of seconds to look down and confirm what it is. And re-confirm, and re-confirm.
His eyes widen all the way, his fingers instinctively curling around the small band of metal as if to quadruple-check that it's real by touch.
He looks back up to Elliot, as if wanting some kind of explanation, but Elliot's looking away. But... it's not really giving him the same sort of impression as it might have if it were something bad? More just... shyness. Rean's pretty familiar with that from Elliot, so it's not exactly hard to recognize.
And with all of these pieces together, even the vast space of nothing where Rean's thoughts ought to be can string together what this means.
There's no way? He was so certain there was no way. And yet...
...Well. Rean's not always right, either.]