[ Vash sits, watching Wolfwood cut the fish open. It figures he's not as clueless about it as he'd been. He hums out an affirmative sound when the question comes though, gesturing at the knife ]
Yeah you can scrape them off with that too after you wash it. The scales aren't really edible.
[ He's not really hungry, but he's long since learned to take food when Wolfwood shoves it at him. So if that happens, he'll eat. ]
[ When you're used to surviving, this kind of thing is normal. You gotta eat to survive as someone close to him would say. He's lost in those thoughts so deeply that when Wolfwood speaks again while going back to the subject Vash brought up he's a little off guard. ]
Huh?
[ Wait. ]
Oh. It's... [ he frowns a little, flexing the fingers of his prosthetic hand. ]
I'm going to wish my gate back. Everything. I just thought I'd tell you and Dolph first.
Before you came back.... Nai and I got into some trouble together. It's complicated... he wanted me to wish everything back so I could protect myself.
So I promised I would. He was pretty insistent.
[ He shrugs a little. Maybe it's a bad idea, but he's going to keep his promise. It's only belatedly that he realizes that he might not have had a chance to talk to Wolfwood about Dolph. ]
( to protect himself, that sounds like a sensible thing. but wolfwood doesnt trust that dude as far as he can throw him, considering all the terrible things he's done.
he's silent for a moment. )
Even if it means protecting yourself against him?
( wolfwood's focus, fortunately, is more on vash's ability to protect himself, even if something about the man's answer bothers him. just a little. close, huh. )
But I won't let him hurt anyone else either. He doesn't have access to his gate yet but I don't know how much longer it'll take for him to get the wish granted.
[ They can have the other half of this conversation later, but well. They SHOULD have it. ]
[ He doesn't know what else to say. He watches the fish cook in the fire as he moves to hold onto Wolfwood's hand like some kind of lifeline. As much as he has tried to explain how he feels to people in this world, there's only so much he can verbalize.
With Wolfwood, he understands without that, and it makes Vash's chest ache a little less. ]
( he can feel it, the quiet way vash clings on to him, seeking comfort but not giving voice to it. with wolfwood, he never needs to verbalise it; and he quietly watches the way his expression eases. )
What will that mean for you, really? Will it make you a bigger target?
( wolfwood is silent for a moment, thinking about all the people who have been caught up in the typhoon that is vash — how much of it caused not by him, but by sheer bad luck and his brother.
the guilt is not his to carry, but wolfwood understands.
he offers him the fish, leaning in to press his lips against the side of his temple. brief, meant to be reassuring, in his own way. )
Hope not. Anyway, 'm here to fish you out of trouble.
[ He shoves at Wolfwood playfully, laughing as much as he's ducking into his coat at the press of lips to his temple. He's better at affection like this these days but with Wolfwood it's different, it makes his heart race in a different but just as good way. ]
We'll keep track of each other. I like the sound of that.
( he asks him pointedly, trying not to think about how cute this idiot actually is when he's feeling bashful. but wolfwood has better control over his cuteness aggression now, and just grunts, keeping it held out to him. )
[ A lie, at least in part. He's been too wrapped up in figuring out what he wanted to say to Dolph and Wolfwood than he has been in eating. ]
You keep trying to feed me.
[ He takes the skewered fish and picks a part to take a bite from, chewing almost dutifully as he looks at Wolfwood. He holds it back out. Your turn, asshole. ]
Idiot. What am I supposed to do when you keep not feeding yourself?
( but the chiding is gentle despite the gruffness of his words, and once vash takes a bite, wolfwood leans forward to take his own, chewing thoughtfully. )
Dunno, I'm not really used to anyone saying anything about it.
[ Before he got here anyway. It's still something very uniquely a wolfwood worry, since he's so much more familiar with Vash's habits outside of this strange place. He watches Wolfwood chew, and barks out a laugh at his evaluation. ]
There's a lot of things to eat here that are a lot better than worm meat.
( if you say pizza, he'll kick you. but he's taking one more bite before gently pushing it in vash's direction, giving his wrist a gentle squeeze and letting go. )
I'll have to have the girls cook you something fancy one night. They ask me about you a lot you know.
[ The dragonkin women who saw them together on Vash's birthday. Vash laughs a little at the pushing and emphasis put on the fact that the eating should be Vash's job. He takes a pointed second bite, if only to appease the gentle bullying he's getting from Wolfwood. ]
( at least vash is eating! and gentle bullying works. the fish is pretty big, and pretty juicy, and wolfwood's making no move for the fish - maybe a few more bites, dork. )
The easier question to answer would be what didn't they ask about. They wanted to know everything. How we met, who you were, what you're like...
[ He will continue to take bites, but he does, actually try to offer Wolfwood more. His fish. He caught it. He should eat too. Isn't that something that WOLFWOOD once said? ]
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sitting beside him, he fishes out a knife, and starts with the gutting. also, no question at all that he's sharing this fish with vash. )
Right. You said we had to descale it too, yeah?
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Yeah you can scrape them off with that too after you wash it. The scales aren't really edible.
[ He's not really hungry, but he's long since learned to take food when Wolfwood shoves it at him. So if that happens, he'll eat. ]
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next, the tricky part about scaling, but wolfwood's attention isn't fully on the fish. )
So, what is it?
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Huh?
[ Wait. ]
Oh. It's... [ he frowns a little, flexing the fingers of his prosthetic hand. ]
I'm going to wish my gate back. Everything. I just thought I'd tell you and Dolph first.
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( especially with knives here, wouldn't that guy do something even worse? also, something about that statement has him raising his brows. )
Dolph?
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So I promised I would. He was pretty insistent.
[ He shrugs a little. Maybe it's a bad idea, but he's going to keep his promise. It's only belatedly that he realizes that he might not have had a chance to talk to Wolfwood about Dolph. ]
Yeah, he's... we're close.
[ Vash you're shit at this. ]
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he's silent for a moment. )
Even if it means protecting yourself against him?
( wolfwood's focus, fortunately, is more on vash's ability to protect himself, even if something about the man's answer bothers him. just a little. close, huh. )
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[ He hasn't ever really HURT him, physically. ...Sorta. It's complicated. Wolfwood knows this. ]
But I won't let him hurt anyone else either. He doesn't have access to his gate yet but I don't know how much longer it'll take for him to get the wish granted.
[ They can have the other half of this conversation later, but well. They SHOULD have it. ]
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( he quips dryly, before he practically impales the fish on a stick and has it roasting over the firepit. really, he wouldn't put anything past him. )
What happens if you both get what you want and decide to fight?
( like... you know. what happened. )
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[ If he has his gate then at least he can protect the people he cares about. Like Wolfwood. Like Dolph. Like Akechi and Maruki and others. ]
I guess I'll have to cross that bridge when I get there.
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( he says after a moment, before he reaches over to squeeze his hand briefly in a silent gesture of support. )
Anyway, I'll do what I can, too.
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[ He doesn't know what else to say. He watches the fish cook in the fire as he moves to hold onto Wolfwood's hand like some kind of lifeline. As much as he has tried to explain how he feels to people in this world, there's only so much he can verbalize.
With Wolfwood, he understands without that, and it makes Vash's chest ache a little less. ]
Thanks... for understanding.
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What will that mean for you, really? Will it make you a bigger target?
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[ He exhales through his nose and looks up towards the sky. It's not night, but it's on its way. ]
I hope it doesn't come to that at all.
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the guilt is not his to carry, but wolfwood understands.
he offers him the fish, leaning in to press his lips against the side of his temple. brief, meant to be reassuring, in his own way. )
Hope not. Anyway, 'm here to fish you out of trouble.
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[ He shoves at Wolfwood playfully, laughing as much as he's ducking into his coat at the press of lips to his temple. He's better at affection like this these days but with Wolfwood it's different, it makes his heart race in a different but just as good way. ]
We'll keep track of each other. I like the sound of that.
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( he asks him pointedly, trying not to think about how cute this idiot actually is when he's feeling bashful. but wolfwood has better control over his cuteness aggression now, and just grunts, keeping it held out to him. )
Just eat it already, spikey. C'mon.
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[ A lie, at least in part. He's been too wrapped up in figuring out what he wanted to say to Dolph and Wolfwood than he has been in eating. ]
You keep trying to feed me.
[ He takes the skewered fish and picks a part to take a bite from, chewing almost dutifully as he looks at Wolfwood. He holds it back out. Your turn, asshole. ]
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( but the chiding is gentle despite the gruffness of his words, and once vash takes a bite, wolfwood leans forward to take his own, chewing thoughtfully. )
Tastes better than worms.
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[ Before he got here anyway. It's still something very uniquely a wolfwood worry, since he's so much more familiar with Vash's habits outside of this strange place. He watches Wolfwood chew, and barks out a laugh at his evaluation. ]
There's a lot of things to eat here that are a lot better than worm meat.
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( if you say pizza, he'll kick you. but he's taking one more bite before gently pushing it in vash's direction, giving his wrist a gentle squeeze and letting go. )
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[ The dragonkin women who saw them together on Vash's birthday. Vash laughs a little at the pushing and emphasis put on the fact that the eating should be Vash's job. He takes a pointed second bite, if only to appease the gentle bullying he's getting from Wolfwood. ]
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( at least vash is eating! and gentle bullying works. the fish is pretty big, and pretty juicy, and wolfwood's making no move for the fish - maybe a few more bites, dork. )
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[ He will continue to take bites, but he does, actually try to offer Wolfwood more. His fish. He caught it. He should eat too. Isn't that something that WOLFWOOD once said? ]
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( wolfwood only eats on the second nudge, because he's not the one who hasn't eaten!! anyway, he's much more curious about what vash said about him. )
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