( ranulf's relief confuses him. there's no trace of insincerity about it, either: he really means it. shouldn't he be more put off by this? or maybe he's just glad that the strange monster who approached him poses no lethal threat. he can't imagine any better reason.
or perhaps, like soren, he's just glad to finally see a familiar face after so many unfamiliar sights. as familiar as he looks like this, anyway. to be regarded like a friend and not a freak, warm and undaunted despite everything that has happened to twist him here, fills soren with an indescribable sort of elation. his anxiety is dashed away, his big red eyes shine as he finally looks at ranulf again. his lip twitches as he holds back this incredible torrent of peculiar feelings threatening to burst through him. )
A year... I've been stuck here a whole year, Ranulf.
( for the first time in the longest time, he finally feels like someone is looking at him, not the monster. he knows soren, has seen soren be himself when he was most assured of who he was. nobody else can say the same here, not even any of his bonds. he can't bring himself to say anything else, even when, or maybe especially perhaps, there is so much he could. )
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or perhaps, like soren, he's just glad to finally see a familiar face after so many unfamiliar sights. as familiar as he looks like this, anyway. to be regarded like a friend and not a freak, warm and undaunted despite everything that has happened to twist him here, fills soren with an indescribable sort of elation. his anxiety is dashed away, his big red eyes shine as he finally looks at ranulf again. his lip twitches as he holds back this incredible torrent of peculiar feelings threatening to burst through him. )
A year... I've been stuck here a whole year, Ranulf.
( for the first time in the longest time, he finally feels like someone is looking at him, not the monster. he knows soren, has seen soren be himself when he was most assured of who he was. nobody else can say the same here, not even any of his bonds. he can't bring himself to say anything else, even when, or maybe especially perhaps, there is so much he could. )