[ The other shoe drops while James is in the middle of a slightly annoyed retort and then James finds himself unable to say anything for a moment. Earlier in this conversation, he'd caught himself thinking that a were-dragon is way weirder than a werewolf. He'd also caught himself thinking that the werewolf must have been on the run from the dragon. On the run, like Keith was on the run. Keith who seemed to know about the wolf, despite apparently not having met it in the mountains...
His throat goes dry as the pieces all click into place. His brain is still protesting, still calling to him that he is jumping to conclusions too fast, but his heart... His heart is registering in an instant that it had been Keith to look at him that haunting, terrifying way.
And of course, it'd be Keith.
It could almost be hilarious that every time, every single time, something gets under his skin, it turns out to be Keith. ]
You're... There's a lot to explain here actually, but... [ James tries to take a calm and steady breath and he fails, but... the attempt is still helpful at collecting himself. ]
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[ The other shoe drops while James is in the middle of a slightly annoyed retort and then James finds himself unable to say anything for a moment. Earlier in this conversation, he'd caught himself thinking that a were-dragon is way weirder than a werewolf. He'd also caught himself thinking that the werewolf must have been on the run from the dragon. On the run, like Keith was on the run. Keith who seemed to know about the wolf, despite apparently not having met it in the mountains...
His throat goes dry as the pieces all click into place. His brain is still protesting, still calling to him that he is jumping to conclusions too fast, but his heart... His heart is registering in an instant that it had been Keith to look at him that haunting, terrifying way.
And of course, it'd be Keith.
It could almost be hilarious that every time, every single time, something gets under his skin, it turns out to be Keith. ]
You're... There's a lot to explain here actually, but... [ James tries to take a calm and steady breath and he fails, but... the attempt is still helpful at collecting himself. ]
Are you really alright?