[ Mocking or not, the tone in those words strikes him just the same - he stiffens, going on the defensive, again. But there's some steel in him, beneath all that flimsy tin.
He desperately doesn't want to walk away empty-handed, without even having attempted to ask. Cautiously, he lifts his gaze. ]
I want to learn. How to move like you do, so that I can fight alongside the others like me.
[ The calm in his own voice surprises even him, as inwardly he prepares to be laughed off the fairground entirely. ]
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He desperately doesn't want to walk away empty-handed, without even having attempted to ask. Cautiously, he lifts his gaze. ]
I want to learn. How to move like you do, so that I can fight alongside the others like me.
[ The calm in his own voice surprises even him, as inwardly he prepares to be laughed off the fairground entirely. ]