[ He can't stop himself from groaning when her grip tightens around him, but he quickly tries to smooth it over with more sweet murmurings. It's okay. It's okay. It's really okay. Whatever she wants to tell him, it can wait until she's calmed down. She might not even feel the need to say it at that point, honestly, because it's okay. It's okay. His mantra continues until the movement by his ankle snaps him out of it.
Steve flinches worse than Riley does, imagining the faint brush of tendrils from the morning all of this started. However, after a proper look downward, he smiles. ]
Hey, brat. Happy to see you, too.
[ There's no way he'll be able to bend over to give the cat a proper petting. Steve's solution to this conundrum is to lift his foot to try and rub Maple's side with it, but that turns out to be a mistake when he stumbles almost immediately. ]
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Steve flinches worse than Riley does, imagining the faint brush of tendrils from the morning all of this started. However, after a proper look downward, he smiles. ]
Hey, brat. Happy to see you, too.
[ There's no way he'll be able to bend over to give the cat a proper petting. Steve's solution to this conundrum is to lift his foot to try and rub Maple's side with it, but that turns out to be a mistake when he stumbles almost immediately. ]
I need to... sit down, I think.