[ The question is met with a slight hint of surprise in Inigo's eyes. Honestly, despite being much more open - given the opportunity - about his love of flowers than his love of dancing, he still expects people to think it silly at best, embarrassing at worst. So that request? He sure doesn't see it coming.
But the surprise easily melts into a smile, and a moment later Inigo is already granting the request. The boy gathers the flowers from Roland's hands for a moment to put most of them down - leaving two of them in Roland's grasp so they can work on those without Roland's hands being full. ]
Why are you so hard on yourself, Roland? [ He doesn't look at the man as he says it - instead staring at the flowers still.
Rather than taking the flowers himself and demonstrating it though, he instead puts his own hands gently on top of Roland's own, guiding them to start tying the stems together. ]
I understand that being a king, or.. well, a president, I suppose, [ He wants to make sure to get the terminology right, since he imagines that title is important to Roland! ] puts a lot of pressure on someone's shoulders. But I haven't seen you be anything but incredibly kind and hardworking. If you do your best even harder-- ah, careful, those stems are fragile-- then you might just explode!
[ With the first two flowers tied together, Inigo hands the rest back to him, trusting him to be able to chain those on himself. He smiles. ]
Or, well, I suppose there are a few areas where you could use some pointers.. Like how to not worry everyone around you by walking around with a bleeding leg and pretending that's alright, for example.
don't say the s-word so loudly, ree will hunt you down
But the surprise easily melts into a smile, and a moment later Inigo is already granting the request. The boy gathers the flowers from Roland's hands for a moment to put most of them down - leaving two of them in Roland's grasp so they can work on those without Roland's hands being full. ]
Why are you so hard on yourself, Roland? [ He doesn't look at the man as he says it - instead staring at the flowers still.
Rather than taking the flowers himself and demonstrating it though, he instead puts his own hands gently on top of Roland's own, guiding them to start tying the stems together. ]
I understand that being a king, or.. well, a president, I suppose, [ He wants to make sure to get the terminology right, since he imagines that title is important to Roland! ] puts a lot of pressure on someone's shoulders. But I haven't seen you be anything but incredibly kind and hardworking. If you do your best even harder-- ah, careful, those stems are fragile-- then you might just explode!
[ With the first two flowers tied together, Inigo hands the rest back to him, trusting him to be able to chain those on himself. He smiles. ]
Or, well, I suppose there are a few areas where you could use some pointers.. Like how to not worry everyone around you by walking around with a bleeding leg and pretending that's alright, for example.