↳ nosy ↰:

     Bastian decided that the other was not, in fact, precious. He tilted his head, a eyebrow quirking. ❝  What do you mean the wrong street corner  ?  I meant that it seems like you can do something out of the ordinary. Not human.  ❞ The familiar knew exactly what he meant by street corner, but acting ignorant of what he’d meant wasn’t difficult. 

↳ ❂ ↰ “There’s really no point in playing dumb, sir.” After all, that was an act Kaeto could see through effortlessly. It might’ve fooled someone else, sure, but that would only prompt most people to explain the comment–not something this guy wanted, probably. “You know exactly what I meant.” And then it was the teen’s turn to play dumb. “I can’t do anything like that. What makes you think I can?”