... I'm... not used to this, either. [Not even after four months. And certainly he isn't used to Helios. Is it paradoxical that the cold skin actually helps?]
B-but, if you d-don't want to... it's alright.
[Oh yes, their relationship is very strange. There's an almost unspoken-since-Robert's-confession sense of quiet longing for the headmaster from the scientist, but it isn't one that's actively acknowledged. Still, it almost continually raises its head, as much as its existence makes Robert almost irrationally guilty.]
...
It... does matter, I suppose. But... but it shouldn't i-influence anything.
[So why does this continue to influence him? Robert wonders if the Malnosso want him to want Helios, want him to ruin the first relationship he's had in five years.]
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Is it paradoxical that the cold skin actually helps?]B-but, if you d-don't want to... it's alright.
[Oh yes, their relationship is very strange. There's an almost unspoken-since-Robert's-confession sense of quiet longing for the headmaster from the scientist, but it isn't one that's actively acknowledged. Still, it almost continually raises its head, as much as its existence makes Robert almost irrationally guilty.]
...
It... does matter, I suppose. But... but it shouldn't i-influence anything.
[So why does this continue to influence him? Robert wonders if the Malnosso want him to want Helios, want him to ruin the first relationship he's had in five years.]