[He's not really upset. If anything, only slightly awkward.
As if it were automatic, Boxer holds out a hand over her so that she can snuggle up against his side. He's big and comfortable enough to be his own couch, really, but he can wrap an arm around her to rest his massive hand idly against her hip.
Feels like they're settled in to watch a movie or something. It's nice.]
Oh, I don't have a birth name. Never met my parents--been on my own since the day I hatched.
I wandered up to the shores of New Cloudbank when I was an adolescent, back when I was light enough that I had decent mobility on land. The sailors and fishermen basically raised me. I had a tendency to jump into brawls 'cause I thought they were fun, and I quickly got pretty good at it. That's when people finally came up with a unanimous nickname for me, and it stuck.
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As if it were automatic, Boxer holds out a hand over her so that she can snuggle up against his side. He's big and comfortable enough to be his own couch, really, but he can wrap an arm around her to rest his massive hand idly against her hip.
Feels like they're settled in to watch a movie or something. It's nice.]
Oh, I don't have a birth name. Never met my parents--been on my own since the day I hatched.
I wandered up to the shores of New Cloudbank when I was an adolescent, back when I was light enough that I had decent mobility on land. The sailors and fishermen basically raised me. I had a tendency to jump into brawls 'cause I thought they were fun, and I quickly got pretty good at it. That's when people finally came up with a unanimous nickname for me, and it stuck.