( luo binghe is treated to more of that expressive impatience sinking heavily into soren's features. it morphs into shock, the way his eyes widen and lips part, a feverish demand to understand everything. he doesn't even need to confirm with words that the man sounds familiar to him, looking like this. )
It... It can't be...! ( but amid the full-bodied surprise that arrested him beams wild hope setting brilliantly in those lurid eyes of his; he trembles in the face of the possibility enough to nearly drop the book he'd been holding. his throat feels parched, his chest short of breath, and he tries not to cough against the raggedness inflaming his windpipe. he thinks nothing of it, since his emotions are far more inflamed than anything else, his mind reeling. he clutches the book to his chest and gazes up at the other man desperately. ) Y-You've seen Ike?! Does that mean he's—
[ he glances about as though ike might be around the corner. he might just be, and if he is... a selfish strain of happiness jumps in his lonely heart. young whitish green plantlife appears to have sprouted around the base of his ponytail. shh... he doesn't know yet!! ]
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It... It can't be...! ( but amid the full-bodied surprise that arrested him beams wild hope setting brilliantly in those lurid eyes of his; he trembles in the face of the possibility enough to nearly drop the book he'd been holding. his throat feels parched, his chest short of breath, and he tries not to cough against the raggedness inflaming his windpipe. he thinks nothing of it, since his emotions are far more inflamed than anything else, his mind reeling. he clutches the book to his chest and gazes up at the other man desperately. ) Y-You've seen Ike?! Does that mean he's—
[ he glances about as though ike might be around the corner. he might just be, and if he is... a selfish strain of happiness jumps in his lonely heart. young whitish green plantlife appears to have sprouted around the base of his ponytail. shh... he doesn't know yet!! ]