TheyCallMeBird
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do i seem familiarxxi've crossed you in hallwaysxxa thousand timesxxno more camouflagexxi want to be exposedxxand not be afraid to fall
do i seem familiarxxi've crossed you in hallwaysxxa thousand timesxxno more camouflagexxi want to be exposedxxand not be afraid to fall
do i seem familiarxxi've crossed you in hallwaysxxa thousand timesxxno more camouflagexxi want to be exposedxxand not be afraid to fall
do i seem familiarxxi've crossed you in hallwaysxxa thousand timesxxno more camouflagexxi want to be exposedxxand not be afraid to fall
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“Vegetarian? That’s cool. My mummy’s a vegetarian.” said Bobby, filing that little tidbit of information away for later. He’d have to make Felix some of Mummy’s moong dal khichdi or one of the vegetable curries some time. But then Alex was saying something, and as soon as Bobby tried to pay attention, his voice cut off, like it got stuck. Bobby frowned, but then the mention of the wall tablets were made. He nodded slowly. “Well it’s a good think I don’t smoke, then, eh? Bad for the voice.” He gave his throat a gentle pat with his finger as evidence and grinned.
Then Felix told him to go ahead and jump in the pool. Bobby could feel the blood drain out of his face, and Felix must have seen that, because he immediately offered to teach him to swim in exchange for the apple. Bobby gladly handed over the apple – still full-ish from his muffin and coffee earlier – but shook his head nervously. Alex asked if there was a reason he couldn’t swim, and he bit his lip as he gazed at the pool again. “My – uh … my ears make it hard to swim. See, they’re really sensitive, right?” He sighed softly. “Anything more than five feet of water and my inner ear gets stupid.” A faint pink tinge crept over his ears. “I panic, y’know? When my ears stop working right.”
It’d been that way since he was little, and all he could do was sit around in the shallow end with his shoulders above water. “I mean, I can walk around in the water for a little while, but I get a little dizzy. If I could control that, I’d be all set.” He sighed again, and took his hat off to run his hand through his hair briefly. “Especially when it starts getting hot.”He glanced briefly at Felix and smiled sheepishly. Before he could open his mouth to tell him – sure, we can chill in the water for a while – there was loud, dulled crackling, like it was coming from somewhere underground. And just like that, the lights inside that were on went out, and the ceiling fan in the kitchen stopped dead.
“Something’s wrong with Zolton.” he said quietly, all but throwing his notebook on the chair beside him and running towards the house. The instinct to check, see, protect was strong and made his heart hammer as he ran to the door into the basement. He hesitated for only a second, then jerking the door open and storming down the steps. He didn’t see his surroundings – his eyes locked on Zolton’s weak figure. As afraid as he had been of the boy before, all he felt was a strong urge to care. He walked forwardly, steady but slow, and started talking long before he reached him in a voice that would be like warm honey on the average ear. “Don’t freak out, Zolton. I just want to check on you.” He made it within arm’s reach of the kid before crouching down, trying to get a close look at him without touching him.
[[ooc: there's an outfit link in the gif if anyone is interested]]