[ he gives a shrug at that, his nose wrinkling as he makes a sound like ehn, to express that he's not sure and doesn't actually care all that much either. ] The one with the prosthetic arm.
[ see, that's where his focus had been... he has no clue about any shapeshifting, actually. they talked about inventions and poverty and the greed of those in power, which he also cares about, incidentally, far more than the shapeshifting part.
though his attention switches away from that easily enough, into a small smile and, ] You are. It is rare.
[ at least in his experience — people talk, and talk, and don't listen. at least those with a modicum of wealth, and he suspects from octavian's manners and way of speaking and the good quality of his clothes that he's had quite a different childhood to viktor's own... which makes it even more meaningful that he still listens better than even those who come from a similar background to his.
another tilt of his head, then, ] For what? [ the list, that is. ]
no subject
[ see, that's where his focus had been... he has no clue about any shapeshifting, actually. they talked about inventions and poverty and the greed of those in power, which he also cares about, incidentally, far more than the shapeshifting part.
though his attention switches away from that easily enough, into a small smile and, ] You are. It is rare.
[ at least in his experience — people talk, and talk, and don't listen. at least those with a modicum of wealth, and he suspects from octavian's manners and way of speaking and the good quality of his clothes that he's had quite a different childhood to viktor's own... which makes it even more meaningful that he still listens better than even those who come from a similar background to his.
another tilt of his head, then, ] For what? [ the list, that is. ]