A Bird and a Wolf

[Hemlocke]

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Taking a break from scanning the room after familiarizing himself with the pal's sweep pattern, his face turned to face Revenant as she began speaking, eyes scanning over every movement, indicated by the roaming crimson. It was rather clear from the attentive gaze, if not downright disturbing stare that the man was listening to each word with consideration. Nor did the normally volatile individual show impatience with a need to interrupt. It was as if another person was present entirely. Analyzing the vulnerability the woman's current state displayed, the look in his human eye changed for a brief moment, a sudden shift that one could easily miss at a passing glance. Before it returned to the slight interest it held previously.

When the glass arrived, his eyes gave the bartender a brief side-eye of inspection before turning back to Revenant, when the woman turned her face to look at him, he looked her directly in the eyes, a thought crossing his mind he had not considered before. When facing each other their optics aligned, his unblinking stare was interrupted as he blinked for a moment to register the new light source directly infront of him, even if dull. Judging by the intensity of the light, his own optic wasn't very refined. Likely meaning it was also sensitive to other sources of light, possibly hinting at why he let his hair cover the left side of his face as it did. After the visual interruption, he brought himself back from spacing out, re-focusing on her eyes for the second time.

That comment, jest or otherwise coming from someone else might have bored or annoyed him, but there was something about the way she spoke, even before this point that made it hard for Hemlocke to find the usual comments about Rogue stereotypes distasteful. Perhaps the remarks being genuine conversation made it endearing. He allowed a brief smirk to cross his face when he saw hers, indicating some semblance of enjoyment. Deciding to return the stereotypical jest.

"Is it really so hard to believe I take care of myself? I anticipated far more circuitry."

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