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[hythlodaeus]

[Borrowed from his closet, eh?]

Jack is a love of yours?

[He gazes down. Having... Both recently and not recently lost a great many people, he gets it without prodding unkindly.]

... My own... close friend has an eye for clothing as well.

[If he wants to talk about his sister he'll allow him at his own pace. He thinks that perhaps the confusion of tense meant that it was recent.]

[fingersandteeth]

[Steven's cheeks get warm at the description, which is stupid, because he and Jack said they loved each other six weeks ago.]

Yeah. Yeah, he is. We, ah, live together.

[He's going to marry him someday.]

[hythlodaeus]

Ah, how very nice! Love makes it all worth it, doesn't it? I don't know what I'd do without [He starts to say something and coughs to try to make interrupting himself more natural. He is not a master of deception. He clears his throat.]

Ah, apologies. [He takes a sip of water] Where was I?

Ah, yes. Solus. We always had our own residences, but it was simple enough to go between them.

[fingersandteeth]

[Steven stops in his tracks, looking up at his companion with an expression of dread.]

Not Solus zos Galvus?

[hythlodaeus]

[he stops a beat after and turns and looks down at him. Oh no, there was that familiar expression when he mentioned him.]

The one and the same... Are you quite alright?

[fingersandteeth]

I. That is to say. Your friend and I don't get along.

[hythlodaeus]

Oh, don't look so worried... You're hardly the first, nor will you be the last.

[He sighs. People didn't use to have so much trouble with him before.]

Ah, I have a good idea. I could mediate! Surely you could come to an understanding.

[fingersandteeth]

I... don't know if that would work, unless that understanding would be for him to leave myself and my friend Tyler alone. He's been stalking and harassing us, to put it bluntly.

[And then, awkwardly, he adds,]

I had to get physical with him during one of our encounters to make him leave.

[hythlodaeus]

Physical?

[Oh no, no. That will just simply not do! ...What's become of his friend. He knows, of course. But it's difficult.]

...I could speak with him. Surely he has better things to occupy his time with... [He folds his arms and seems uncomfortable with this development.]

I know it is much to ask... [Probably too much.] But if you could have some patience with him... His burdens have changed him somewhat.

[fingersandteeth]

He was blocking my only way forward, categorically refused to move, and I needed to get back to work.

And I— just want him to really leave us alone. That's all. If you're his friend, can't you make him do that much?

[hythlodaeus]

... I have little true control over him.

[Hythlodaeus puts the pieces together. He's no dummy, after all. He stands up a little straighter, a hand going to his mouth.]

You pushed him down the stairs! He said he simply fell!

[fingersandteeth]

[Steven looks away.] I was originally just going to shove past him, but he said something creepy about my friend, so.

[hythlodaeus]

[He places his hands on his hips, exuding disappointed english teacher vibes]

Even so! Violence is hardly ever necessary save for stopping violence! You little ones are so fragile! He could have broken his neck. How would you have felt then?

[fingersandteeth]

['Thoroughly satisfied,' is the real answer, but he definitely can't say that.]

Very, very stupid.

[His tone of voice is tired, resigned. He doesn't meet the giant man's eyes.]

[hythlodaeus]

See?

[His shoulders slump as he gazes down the end of his mask beak at him. ]

It doesn’t do to hurt one another. ... But I’m sorry he hurt you, too.

[He then holds his arms out and kneels in a clear “this is the part where we hug” gesture. ]

[fingersandteeth]

[Steven stares at him for a long moment. Does this man really expect him to-- He does.

My God.

But after that moment, he does come forward and awkwardly lets the giant man embrace him. If he gets handsy the way Solus did with Tyler, he thinks, he'll knee him in the gut.]

I suppose it doesn't, [he says muffledly, against the giant's chest.] I was just-- so frustrated. All we want is for him to leave us alone and he won't do that.

[hythlodaeus]

[He definitely doesn’t get handsy, not insomuch as his hands are very big and he gives absolutely incredible hugs. ]

That is unusual for him. He must be under undue stress. He usually, well, used to disengage before making lifelong enemies.

[fingersandteeth]

[Once Steven realizes that Hythlo isn't going to try anything shady, he lets himself relax a little more into the hug]

We're all under stress. He's the one that's choosing to torment other people just to deal with it.

[hythlodaeus]

[ He ends the hug after not too long and stands. He shrugs. ]

Between two people lay three truths.

[And then he starts walking towards the train station again. You’re still gonna buy him that train pass, aren’t you? ]

[fingersandteeth]

[Oh, probably. He said he would. And it wouldn't do to piss off someone who's that close to being a True Fae.

So yeah. Steve will walk with him.]

[hythlodaeus]

[ True Fae! I suppose if you broke it down to it’s parts, that’s not untrue.]

Hm... so what was it that he said that provoked you so?

[His pace is steady as he looks down at the smaller man. ]

[fingersandteeth]

[God. He hates this. But everything in him is screaming that you can't lie to a Keeper, no matter how gentle and inoffensive they seem.]

My friend... Solus' attentions are a torment to him. He reminds my friend of a person who spent a long time hurting him. And when I tried to get past Solus on the stairs and he blocked my way--and when I asked for him to move and he refused--he said that I shouldn't flee what I feared, that some stayed and faced those fears much to their benefit, like my friend--

[He sighs.]

It felt like a threat against him. It really did. And he-- he didn't benefit from Solus paying attention to him. Not at all. Just being in his presence messed him up, badly.

[hythlodaeus]

Ahh, so the hurt laid with you and your friend. This may be difficult to understand, but those that remind you of your captors, tormentors, and enemies are not necessarily one in the same. Each person is responsible for their own emotions and reactions in the world... [He smiles at him, and after a moment of consideration, lowers his hood and removes his mask. His hair frizzed a little with static from his hood.It is unusual and not done in Amaurotine society, but he knows he’s not in Amaurot. He understands that’s his appearance is not comforting to outsiders. But he can adapt. He holds his mask in both hands as he continues to speak. ]

... We find patterns and categorize information in order to thrive, but those with such short life spans cannot hope to amass enough of this information to create reliable patterns.

Your friend, and you, I sense, would benefit from some therapy. Do you have anyone to talk to about your troubles?

[fingersandteeth]

Not professionally. Some friends, I guess.

[Honestly, except for the grief counseling his parents took him to when Tio Carlos died, Steven's mostly stayed away from psychologists. He doesn't want them to realize anything's wrong with him.]