[Sulking? Huh- What- No!! Look, he had somewhere very important he needed to be this late in the evening, and the clone army needed a bit of a rest after having such a big and confusing day, so everything worked out. And now Mallory is doing his very important job of leaning against a tree down by the river, hand in his pocket, and watching the rippling reflections of scattered lantern light on the surface. This is serious work, Peony. How dare you interrupt it.
A few seconds pass in which he tries to decide how he should greet her after... everything... but he quickly gives up on just settles on turning his head to look at her.]
Peony, yo...
[Oh, she liked the flowers. That's good, at least. He was almost worried that it was a little too lame to get those ones in particular.]
You look ...cute.
[Right?? Nope, still a weird thing to try to say out loud. But maybe that will save him from any wrath she has leftover from the Raipocalypse. He wonders if this is about that, or if she's just too distracted with Icarus and Maera to even remember any of it happened.]
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A few seconds pass in which he tries to decide how he should greet her after... everything... but he quickly gives up on just settles on turning his head to look at her.]
Peony, yo...
[Oh, she liked the flowers. That's good, at least. He was almost worried that it was a little too lame to get those ones in particular.]
You look ...cute.
[Right?? Nope, still a weird thing to try to say out loud. But maybe that will save him from any wrath she has leftover from the Raipocalypse. He wonders if this is about that, or if she's just too distracted with Icarus and Maera to even remember any of it happened.]