[ It reminds Nen a lot of the expression he wore when they first met in the library. That was...'angry.' Nen doesn't have a lot of experience observing anger, but considering how much Knives talked about it back then? Nen's certain that's what it looks like. ]
...You want to go home?
[ Nen approaches him, following up to his side so they can look up and gauge his reaction properly. For a moment there's the urge to reach out and take his hand in much the same way he'd taken their atop the tree--they want to make him look like that again--but before Nen can do that? The sand to their left explodes upwards as a scorpion bursts out from below.
Then a second--and a third, and a fourth, almost like they were waiting until just the right moment to swarm them. ]
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...You want to go home?
[ Nen approaches him, following up to his side so they can look up and gauge his reaction properly. For a moment there's the urge to reach out and take his hand in much the same way he'd taken their atop the tree--they want to make him look like that again--but before Nen can do that? The sand to their left explodes upwards as a scorpion bursts out from below.
Then a second--and a third, and a fourth, almost like they were waiting until just the right moment to swarm them. ]
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