[Water is wet, the sky is blue, Lalli is Terrible at expressing himself, etc. What he really wants is for Emil to say that he'll push himself, that he'll do his best to learn basic Craft very, very quickly, but—well. This has already been an exhausting exchange; as serious as the matter is, Lalli supposes that, for the time being, a promise to ~just keep at it~ is... acceptable. He can deal with it.
So... a (somewhat exasperated) sigh, then, as he scrutinizes the pinky looped around his and tries to ignore Emil reading him like a book. On the one hand, it's not the worst thing in the world for Emil to know that he's concerned; on the other hand, it almost makes his stubborn self want to, like, pull his hand away, even though he doesn't! He hesitates, thinking back to a time Tuuri definitely tried this with him, before he finally hooks his pinky around Emil's. ...Weird. So weird.]
Mm.
[Promise... acknowledged. Now he's free to focus on other things, like Emil's crazy request, and whether or not he should pull his pinky free RIGHT now. What's pinky promise etiquette...]
You mean... make things loud again? Yes. [Ah, well—] ...But I need time.
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So... a (somewhat exasperated) sigh, then, as he scrutinizes the pinky looped around his and tries to ignore Emil reading him like a book. On the one hand, it's not the worst thing in the world for Emil to know that he's concerned; on the other hand, it almost makes his stubborn self want to, like, pull his hand away, even though he doesn't! He hesitates, thinking back to a time Tuuri definitely tried this with him, before he finally hooks his pinky around Emil's. ...Weird. So weird.]
Mm.
[Promise... acknowledged. Now he's free to focus on other things, like Emil's crazy request, and whether or not he should pull his pinky free RIGHT now. What's pinky promise etiquette...]
You mean... make things loud again? Yes. [Ah, well—] ...But I need time.