[ Daryl just shakes his head tersely at the question about the castle before remembering he has to actually answer. ]
Nah. Ain't for me.
[ He's never felt at home anywhere that feels even the least bit extravagant, since the more expensive it feels, the more he's aware of his own worthlessness in that narrow field of comparison. Far better to lie down where he's naturally most comfortable and ready to sense an enemy - under an open sky.
Gabe, on the other hand, tenses right up against him and Daryl knows that he's just asked a sensitive question. Connie and Kelly had never had a problem discussing their deafness with him and others, Connie in particular always demanding what she needed from him - looking at her while he talked to her, for one - but if this guy is sensitive about it, Daryl doesn't want to test him.
He leans in to nuzzle behind his ear once in apology, his instinct being to sooth the tense flinch he caused, but he's unable to resist the urge to sniff once, close up, to see if he can smell it. Maybe he can, some not-quite-human presence under all the appealing smells, but it hardly matters. He'll forget it within a day. ]
no subject
Nah. Ain't for me.
[ He's never felt at home anywhere that feels even the least bit extravagant, since the more expensive it feels, the more he's aware of his own worthlessness in that narrow field of comparison. Far better to lie down where he's naturally most comfortable and ready to sense an enemy - under an open sky.
Gabe, on the other hand, tenses right up against him and Daryl knows that he's just asked a sensitive question. Connie and Kelly had never had a problem discussing their deafness with him and others, Connie in particular always demanding what she needed from him - looking at her while he talked to her, for one - but if this guy is sensitive about it, Daryl doesn't want to test him.
He leans in to nuzzle behind his ear once in apology, his instinct being to sooth the tense flinch he caused, but he's unable to resist the urge to sniff once, close up, to see if he can smell it. Maybe he can, some not-quite-human presence under all the appealing smells, but it hardly matters. He'll forget it within a day. ]
Like when you had to cut out my eye, right?