....oh Rinku, even I know those are meant to be pure fantasy fodder, no woman wants a guy to rip her bodice out of nowhere in reality.

[Listen. When you're bored, you steal what books you can GET, he just learned what parts to skip.]

...I also can't discount he's read romance novels, he loves historical fiction.

[He groans and now he pushes back from the table.]

[Flops over more.]

[He is now a ball and rolling around the floor. THE FEELINGS.]

[ROLL ROLL ROLL.]

[Then a roll turns into an unfurling on the floor.]

One, is what I said just know what makes you think its Shadow, or other factors?

Two, I could deal with inexperience, we muddle through a lot of things, I think I could deal with the muddle. I've already gone through so much 'I have no idea what I'm doing' awk with my familial relationships, that's just a fact of my life now.

[There's another whine and he just does a log roll on the floor to bury his face in spare fabric.]

He wanted a mattress on the floor, Eva. He wouldn't know how to spoil himself if you gave him a power point presentation!

....Chipp, please, its so much easier to enjoy things here.

I'm gonna get him something.

Still! Shadow needs to learn to indulge and it can be a lot, yeah, but we can make BANK here and he deserves nice things because military bases are not conductive for a hedgehog's childhood.

I just bought Shadow furniture. Hard to refuse if you show up with it.

It really is! The beauty of not needing to check blankets for mold cannot be matched.

Sounds like a challenge.

Expansions can make basements, right? Then the shed leads to space if he wants to insist on a shed aesthetic.

Exactly!

Like I'd prefer windows, but if he's good without, he can make a whole place in the basement. Get the creature comforts.

[ah yes]

[His feelings]

Better. Coats been getting healthier, more weight. Reads a lot. Does a lot of, what's the phrase. The parallel play stuff. Will come hang out with me on his own, which is a good thing in general.

People can be a lot of you're not used to them and that can stand even if you want to hang out with people, let alone bring as introverted as he is.

I think he likes shape shifting too. I see him practice that a bunch.

Yeah, it does. I even try to chat less. Sometimes he seems okay with me rambling though. But I think he likes the silence more.

Lots of stuff, though I think birds might be hus favorite.

I hate the quiet.

[There is a slight most the forms around him. Hate may not be the word.]

But around him....it doesn't seem so bad.

[He nods.]

Though he's always been special. Even when we were trying to kill each other.

He was...

Heh, he was like this burning star I couldn't look away from.