[ He doesn't know how to deal with this. Open hostility hasn't worked and outside of pretending to be perfect that's basically the only thing he has in a social situation.
Hierophant, at least, is willing to try tenderness. It starts to slither away at first, pulling back until it's only resting against Adrian's very fingertips, as terrified of rejection as Kakyoin himself is but more willing to risk it. Once Adrian holds onto its tendril, though, it coils around his fingers. Overjoyed to still be wanted where Kakyoin just feels raw and frustrated. ]
Your designs won't work anymore. For the arm. You have to-
[ He doesn't have to. All that really needs to be done is to find a place to fit a more powerful chroma attenuator, so that the arm can handle the sudden surges of chroma that the planet seems to be undergoing now without making itself non-functional for safety's sake. Realistically he could just stick it on anywhere and it would work. It would be safe and functional.
It just wouldn't be Adrian's design anymore. It wouldn't be a complete thing, it'd be a broken thing repaired with a patch job. It'd be ugly and shameful and wrong and he cannot bear to make things wrong. Adrian doesn't have to do shit. Things will be fine no matter what. Kakyoin just can't stand doing things wrong. ]
-I need you to alter them.
[ An awkward pause. Hierophant squeezes Adrian's hand. ]
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backdated to all times when Adrian has ever been depressed, an infinite thread
[ He doesn't know how to deal with this. Open hostility hasn't worked and outside of pretending to be perfect that's basically the only thing he has in a social situation.
Hierophant, at least, is willing to try tenderness. It starts to slither away at first, pulling back until it's only resting against Adrian's very fingertips, as terrified of rejection as Kakyoin himself is but more willing to risk it. Once Adrian holds onto its tendril, though, it coils around his fingers. Overjoyed to still be wanted where Kakyoin just feels raw and frustrated. ]
Your designs won't work anymore. For the arm. You have to-
[ He doesn't have to. All that really needs to be done is to find a place to fit a more powerful chroma attenuator, so that the arm can handle the sudden surges of chroma that the planet seems to be undergoing now without making itself non-functional for safety's sake. Realistically he could just stick it on anywhere and it would work. It would be safe and functional.
It just wouldn't be Adrian's design anymore. It wouldn't be a complete thing, it'd be a broken thing repaired with a patch job. It'd be ugly and shameful and wrong and he cannot bear to make things wrong. Adrian doesn't have to do shit. Things will be fine no matter what. Kakyoin just can't stand doing things wrong. ]
-I need you to alter them.
[ An awkward pause. Hierophant squeezes Adrian's hand. ]
Please.