[He clears his throat awkwardly in the face of her compliment, expression scrunching up for a moment.]
Clearly my toes mean more to me than my pride.
[His tone is standoffish, but he doesn't pull away more than that, waiting more or less patiently for Hawke to get herself ready. He watches her pull out her cloak and the fidget returns as he wrestles with the notion that he should maybe offer to help her. Unfortunately he can't quite get himself to actually do it, and instead just ends up standing there looking indecisive.]
uggghhh moving is stressful @___@
Clearly my toes mean more to me than my pride.
[His tone is standoffish, but he doesn't pull away more than that, waiting more or less patiently for Hawke to get herself ready. He watches her pull out her cloak and the fidget returns as he wrestles with the notion that he should maybe offer to help her. Unfortunately he can't quite get himself to actually do it, and instead just ends up standing there looking indecisive.]