[ Yuri's spent his days since coming to this place scrutinizing a comrade's smallest changes in expression and posture to figure out his mood, what he was thinking, whether he needed something he wouldn't ask for... He's been at that long enough now that when others yield something more overt than a man with resting pokerface, it stands out starkly to him.
So he sees the way Jade's tension abruptly climbs. He may not know the reason, but he doesn't have to. What matters in the moment is that she's clearly apprehensive about seeing these orphans, and since she volunteered that she is one herself, there could be any number of causes behind it. ]
Not if you don't want to, but they don't bite. I know most of these kids by now...and I snuck some treats in with the more practical supplies. It's not much, I realize, but sometimes a little distraction goes a long way, even if it's brief.
[ A moment of comfort trumps having none at all. He recalls distinctly how excited some of his comrades back home had been when their scouts returned back to camp reporting that they'd found apple trees, because it meant they could have something other than the same preserved rations they'd been marching on for weeks. There'd been talk of all the ways they could be prepared, and most appealing had of course been sweets.
For his people especially, something sweet was the height of luxury. Most commonborn people weren't liable to have something with sugar in it on an average day. People in small villages like the one he was born to didn't at all. ]
You've lightened my load as-is, so I'm not about to try and coerce you if you're not up for that. It might help them to know another friendly face though, if you do manage.
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So he sees the way Jade's tension abruptly climbs. He may not know the reason, but he doesn't have to. What matters in the moment is that she's clearly apprehensive about seeing these orphans, and since she volunteered that she is one herself, there could be any number of causes behind it. ]
Not if you don't want to, but they don't bite. I know most of these kids by now...and I snuck some treats in with the more practical supplies. It's not much, I realize, but sometimes a little distraction goes a long way, even if it's brief.
[ A moment of comfort trumps having none at all. He recalls distinctly how excited some of his comrades back home had been when their scouts returned back to camp reporting that they'd found apple trees, because it meant they could have something other than the same preserved rations they'd been marching on for weeks. There'd been talk of all the ways they could be prepared, and most appealing had of course been sweets.
For his people especially, something sweet was the height of luxury. Most commonborn people weren't liable to have something with sugar in it on an average day. People in small villages like the one he was born to didn't at all. ]
You've lightened my load as-is, so I'm not about to try and coerce you if you're not up for that. It might help them to know another friendly face though, if you do manage.