"Easier at times," a lower hum. He didn't move away when he felt fingers move in to his hair, just cracked an eye open for a moment as the corner of his mouth twitched briefly. Tucking hair behind his ear revealed that even it was a little finned, sharing that red color from pointed tip to where it blended in to tanned skin.
That eye closed again, remaining relaxed there as he was. "You're right, yeah." Wait and see, and hope that they were far away from here. They might not be as lucky as he was and that, well....
"Most times, really. Everything is less complicated in isolation," he said with another small shrug of his shoulders. It was only bad because they were social creatures, and there were definitely times he needed some interaction to drag him out of his own head. Maybe that's why it was nice to have a guest who seemed to be in the same kind of social predicament as he was. Both chosen.
He nodded his head, fingers playing over the fin carefully. He didn't stay long stroking that ear, finding it a touch too on the intimate side. "I'll look into the matter, see if some buddies of mine have heard anything. I don't want you going back out there if it means you'll be attacked and hurt again."
There was a hum, and Gabriel stretched himself out a little to be more comfortable, lounging more like a cat than anything that had been dragged out of the sea had any right to. Yet there he was, and at least he felt cleaner. Still bandaged up and perhaps some would need stitching later on, just to see how they healed or not.
Fingertips ghosted over Jack's hand, just a brief sort of touch. "There may be noises of a boat sunk at the very least- though I wouldn't remember where. Was already in a poor condition when I saw it going down." So there at least be that whenever he looked in to it.
It seemed that his merman guest was willing to just make himself at home, which was actually a relief. There was no awkwardness or expectation that he found humans had with each other, no need to make conversation. Right now, he could touch and be touched and welcome that simplicity. And maybe, just maybe, he was growing to like the feel of this creature, even if it could never be more than a fleeting few days or weeks while the merman healed.
"That's very useful information. I will definitely use it," he murmured. With a military ship out there already, they would likely be investigating or at least know where this ship going down would be. Good. "I'll keep you in the loop if I find anything out, okay?"
"Mm," he hummed a little, trying to wrack through his memory, if he saw anything moving amongst the wreckage- "Last I need is someone who survived going off about seeing a 'mermaid' in the water, or blaming the boat sinking on a 'siren' and it gaining any little traction." Content to let fingertips explore briefly, even if a few bits of Jack's clothing was snagged by claws, tugging a little just to see how it felt between fingertips.
He knew about clothing well enough, but it never stopped him from feeling, to see if it was different than anything he'd gotten a hold of before. "I know I got hit hard by.... something. Pulling me up or down I couldn't discern," but it felt like something hook-like had sunk deep in to various parts of him, be it metal or bone.
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Date: 2020-03-25 06:59 am (UTC)That eye closed again, remaining relaxed there as he was. "You're right, yeah." Wait and see, and hope that they were far away from here. They might not be as lucky as he was and that, well....
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Date: 2020-03-25 01:38 pm (UTC)He nodded his head, fingers playing over the fin carefully. He didn't stay long stroking that ear, finding it a touch too on the intimate side. "I'll look into the matter, see if some buddies of mine have heard anything. I don't want you going back out there if it means you'll be attacked and hurt again."
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Date: 2020-05-21 11:25 am (UTC)Fingertips ghosted over Jack's hand, just a brief sort of touch. "There may be noises of a boat sunk at the very least- though I wouldn't remember where. Was already in a poor condition when I saw it going down." So there at least be that whenever he looked in to it.
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Date: 2020-05-23 05:39 pm (UTC)"That's very useful information. I will definitely use it," he murmured. With a military ship out there already, they would likely be investigating or at least know where this ship going down would be. Good. "I'll keep you in the loop if I find anything out, okay?"
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Date: 2020-12-30 01:28 am (UTC)He knew about clothing well enough, but it never stopped him from feeling, to see if it was different than anything he'd gotten a hold of before. "I know I got hit hard by.... something. Pulling me up or down I couldn't discern," but it felt like something hook-like had sunk deep in to various parts of him, be it metal or bone.