[When the hold loosens, he sags, making it all the more apparent that he was really only staying in place at that point because Alucard was holding him that way. It's hard not to feel a little stung at the way he'd been worn down and bested, but even through his sluggish thoughts, he's able to remind himself that it wasn't a real fight anyway, and that maybe he's learned something more important from this, after all.
Now he knows how many times he can stop time before his chroma runs out, and Star gets trapped inside him. Now he has a baseline, a frame of reference. Maybe if he moonlaced more, he could push it farther. Something to think about, for later.
For now, though, he simply slumps against Alucard, wolf ears drooping and his tail thumping softly against his leg.]
This one went a lot better for me than th' last one.
[He closes his eyes, every exhale like a sigh.]
How did you know...? How'd you figure it out, what I was...doing...?
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[When the hold loosens, he sags, making it all the more apparent that he was really only staying in place at that point because Alucard was holding him that way. It's hard not to feel a little stung at the way he'd been worn down and bested, but even through his sluggish thoughts, he's able to remind himself that it wasn't a real fight anyway, and that maybe he's learned something more important from this, after all.
Now he knows how many times he can stop time before his chroma runs out, and Star gets trapped inside him. Now he has a baseline, a frame of reference. Maybe if he moonlaced more, he could push it farther. Something to think about, for later.
For now, though, he simply slumps against Alucard, wolf ears drooping and his tail thumping softly against his leg.]
This one went a lot better for me than th' last one.
[He closes his eyes, every exhale like a sigh.]
How did you know...? How'd you figure it out, what I was...doing...?