The slight smile was undoubtedly met with a bright one, if one more lopsided and awkward.
What Ekkehardt says after all that less so, because he was right, someone knowing what this is like is terrible. Nice too, but in a horribly selfish way. He rubs at his arm and numbly bobs his head in regard to that coping. And it shouldn't be like that and that too is something that digs in with such guilt he can hardly stand it.
Ekkehardt's tone might be odd, but he really doesn't know the kind of tone anyone's supposed to have with this. He just sees the tension. He hears the understanding and if that's only because it's what he wants to hear then he's only the same fool as always but no worse off for it.
And the laughs brings him back, but more grateful than before to not be doing this alone. "Definitely. Apparently it's going to be that kind of night. But hey! Probably for the best we get all the mortality out of the way. I get the sense our fellow bar patrons would be less appreciative of the topic that comes for all." He bobs his head in a falsely solemn nod, ruined by the fact he can't hold back a grin.
Meanwhile, he's never been so grateful to see Soliel. It's not as if they're truly safer in a crowd than alone, but it gave the illusion at times. And, he realizes, talking as they have has made him tune out much of their walk thus, calming his unease that slightest bit.
"Thank you," He says, for a couple things here already.
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What Ekkehardt says after all that less so, because he was right, someone knowing what this is like is terrible. Nice too, but in a horribly selfish way. He rubs at his arm and numbly bobs his head in regard to that coping. And it shouldn't be like that and that too is something that digs in with such guilt he can hardly stand it.
Ekkehardt's tone might be odd, but he really doesn't know the kind of tone anyone's supposed to have with this. He just sees the tension. He hears the understanding and if that's only because it's what he wants to hear then he's only the same fool as always but no worse off for it.
And the laughs brings him back, but more grateful than before to not be doing this alone. "Definitely. Apparently it's going to be that kind of night. But hey! Probably for the best we get all the mortality out of the way. I get the sense our fellow bar patrons would be less appreciative of the topic that comes for all." He bobs his head in a falsely solemn nod, ruined by the fact he can't hold back a grin.
Meanwhile, he's never been so grateful to see Soliel. It's not as if they're truly safer in a crowd than alone, but it gave the illusion at times. And, he realizes, talking as they have has made him tune out much of their walk thus, calming his unease that slightest bit.
"Thank you," He says, for a couple things here already.