[He doesn't sigh, but he does exhale slightly louder from his nose, lips thinning in turn. The boy is prickly, the lines of his shoulders and the tangle of his emotions. He was skirting a dangerous line. Many young Hosts touched upon that level of- distress, disgust, forced it up on themselves despite their natural ease. He himself had done it, before he had settled.
But to maintain that discomfort for too long took a toll. It presented dangers. Ones which he doubted Parker would hear from him now, and ones which would, in the end, have to wait. The mission at hand was more of a threat to him than himself, for the moment.]
You may find that difficult to accomplish.
[And if anyone in the multiverse could say that and mean it without any humor, it would be him.]
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But to maintain that discomfort for too long took a toll. It presented dangers. Ones which he doubted Parker would hear from him now, and ones which would, in the end, have to wait. The mission at hand was more of a threat to him than himself, for the moment.]
You may find that difficult to accomplish.
[And if anyone in the multiverse could say that and mean it without any humor, it would be him.]
You would do well to stay with your brood.