[he wants to ask why, but there's some partial obedience programming still lingering in his circuits. his eyes flick from the instrument to the couch to Willa, then he's moving next to her, nearly shoulder to shoulder.
he hasn't been close to someone since arriving in Etraya. well, not counting when he had his battery drained by nanomachines and had to be lugged around by the kids. that was involuntary. this is different - the whole situation feels different. intimate. he isn't sure what she wants, so he waits, gaze heavy on her face, on her eyes, analyzing everything. the shape of her jaw, her lashes, any freckle or blemish to commit to memory.]
no subject
he hasn't been close to someone since arriving in Etraya. well, not counting when he had his battery drained by nanomachines and had to be lugged around by the kids. that was involuntary. this is different - the whole situation feels different. intimate. he isn't sure what she wants, so he waits, gaze heavy on her face, on her eyes, analyzing everything. the shape of her jaw, her lashes, any freckle or blemish to commit to memory.]