Anyway as soon as he lets go of the gnosis he won't have to worry about shielding himself, because Scaramouche is climbing over him like a cat trying to climb over their owner's back to get at a can of chicken on the counter, except the chicken is the gnosis...
IT WAS A SHITPOST BUT NOW IT'S KIND OF SAD because he really does scramble for it like it's The Most Important Thing To Ever Exist, and there's a split-second of vulnerability in his expression before he just GRABS FOR IT and immediately clutches it to his chest.]
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Anyway as soon as he lets go of the gnosis he won't have to worry about shielding himself, because Scaramouche is climbing over him like a cat trying to climb over their owner's back to get at a can of chicken on the counter, except the chicken is the gnosis...
IT WAS A SHITPOST BUT NOW IT'S KIND OF SAD because he really does scramble for it like it's The Most Important Thing To Ever Exist, and there's a split-second of vulnerability in his expression before he just GRABS FOR IT and immediately clutches it to his chest.]