[If Bren noticed the way that his host stopped short, he didn't say anything about it. Instead he waited in the doorway of the bathroom, unable to stop a smile from finding its way over his features, tentative but genuine.]
I feel almost human.
[Almost. But never completely human, never again. He was a monster, cursed and broken for reasons he did not entirely understand. Somewhere inside him, caged deep within his soul, that hidden part of himself, a man that he had been, was still and would be again, waiting to be remembered. Already that ghost of Caleb had been able to point the very compass of his soul towards this beautiful drown. Bren looked pleased at being told he smelled nice. That was an improvement.
He slipped into the bathroom, and only hesitated a moment -- fighting a flush of heat that wanted to rise in his cheeks and dust them in crimson -- before moving closer to Essek, standing in front of him and looking up to him.]
I think clean shaven would be nice. It has been a long while since I have been. [And his beard would start reappearing in short order, and he could see about taking care of it as it grew in this time.]
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Date: 2023-03-14 02:22 am (UTC)I feel almost human.
[Almost. But never completely human, never again. He was a monster, cursed and broken for reasons he did not entirely understand. Somewhere inside him, caged deep within his soul, that hidden part of himself, a man that he had been, was still and would be again, waiting to be remembered. Already that ghost of Caleb had been able to point the very compass of his soul towards this beautiful drown. Bren looked pleased at being told he smelled nice. That was an improvement.
He slipped into the bathroom, and only hesitated a moment -- fighting a flush of heat that wanted to rise in his cheeks and dust them in crimson -- before moving closer to Essek, standing in front of him and looking up to him.]
I think clean shaven would be nice. It has been a long while since I have been. [And his beard would start reappearing in short order, and he could see about taking care of it as it grew in this time.]