[ it's not until guren touches his back that dextera seems to come out of his intense chopping fugue—if the touch had lasted a second longer, it might have felt intimate, but it was just long enough to get dextera's attention instead. ]
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[ it takes him a moment to actually hear guren's instruction, even though he's watching guren's face and the way he grabs the vegetables, and dextera hurries to catch up.
the water is boiling, they're making something, and dextera's chest feels incredibly warm, from doing something even this small. or, perhaps it's because it's so small that he appreciates it all the more. ]
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[ it takes him a moment to actually hear guren's instruction, even though he's watching guren's face and the way he grabs the vegetables, and dextera hurries to catch up.
the water is boiling, they're making something, and dextera's chest feels incredibly warm, from doing something even this small. or, perhaps it's because it's so small that he appreciates it all the more. ]