[Alright, well, the punch was unexpected. And while at first it definitely brought about an entirely new wave of angry emotions that she might have been able to see if she was in such a state to read context clues, but then it was gone. All of it. All the anger and the hurting and the (okay no that's a joke, it's all still there, just covered)... But Dirk isn't quite sure how to deal with humans. He can see it, he can read it, he can understand subtext through a drunken state of late-night conversations, but he doesn't know how to deal. Robots? Yeah. Smuppets? Sure. People? Naw man, that's an entirely new breed.
But he can put two and two together. Yeah, Roxy's got one hell of a right hook, but she's also shaking and freaking out and wow Dirk, way to be a Dick. This calls for a new plan of action, one that doesn't fall apart because he forgot Rule Number One of the Strider Family: poker-face. So he pulls it back together and calms the fuck down. She should be able to hear it in his voice, seeing as she's having issues with facing him and all.]
Look, okay, I freaked out. I'm sorry. Just...calm down, okay?
[He's walking back in her direction, closing the distance between them again, but this time not with the intention to...well, whatever his intention was last time. No, this time he keeps some distance between the two of them, like he's dealing with one of his feathery assholes that got itself into the wrong part of the house, or a haywired robot.]
i'm sorry. :c
But he can put two and two together. Yeah, Roxy's got one hell of a right hook, but she's also shaking and freaking out and wow Dirk, way to be a Dick. This calls for a new plan of action, one that doesn't fall apart because he forgot Rule Number One of the Strider Family: poker-face. So he pulls it back together and calms the fuck down. She should be able to hear it in his voice, seeing as she's having issues with facing him and all.]
Look, okay, I freaked out. I'm sorry.
Just...calm down, okay?
[He's walking back in her direction, closing the distance between them again, but this time not with the intention to...well, whatever his intention was last time. No, this time he keeps some distance between the two of them, like he's dealing with one of his feathery assholes that got itself into the wrong part of the house, or a haywired robot.]
He attacked you?