[ An argument would be a disaster for the pair of them. There's no safe places to retreat in this place, so severed from their keep. Percy lacks his workshop and Vax lacks all his usual haunts in the city to disappear in. It's not Percy's fault that Vax is missing memories, but the urge to snipe at him lingers.
It's destructive. Vax recognizes it and curbs the impulse, but it coils dark and ugly in the pit of his stomach as he lets Percy lead him through the steps. Lapsing into a stony silence, Vax splits his attention between the motion of their bodies and the watchful droid humming out of arm's reach before his thoughts are pulled back by the tap of Percy's thumb.
Vax's expression softens slightly. After a beat of silence, his grip does loosen a fraction. ]
I know.
[ Or he did. In the cycle of distressing thoughts Vax has had since he realized his own temporal displacement, his worries about Vex have alternated with concern about the question Percy put to him on that boat. Is Percy dying? Is that something Vax has to look forward to witnessing, powerless to circumvent? ]
I do know that, Freddie.
[ Vax's small, unspoken attempt at apology. ]
But I don't think you dipping me is part of this dance.
[ Since Vax isn't about to address anything with Percy if left to his own devices. Not until he's good and ready, and who knows how long that can take? ]
swings between various names for percy in the span of three comments
It's destructive. Vax recognizes it and curbs the impulse, but it coils dark and ugly in the pit of his stomach as he lets Percy lead him through the steps. Lapsing into a stony silence, Vax splits his attention between the motion of their bodies and the watchful droid humming out of arm's reach before his thoughts are pulled back by the tap of Percy's thumb.
Vax's expression softens slightly. After a beat of silence, his grip does loosen a fraction. ]
I know.
[ Or he did. In the cycle of distressing thoughts Vax has had since he realized his own temporal displacement, his worries about Vex have alternated with concern about the question Percy put to him on that boat. Is Percy dying? Is that something Vax has to look forward to witnessing, powerless to circumvent? ]
I do know that, Freddie.
[ Vax's small, unspoken attempt at apology. ]
But I don't think you dipping me is part of this dance.
[ Since Vax isn't about to address anything with Percy if left to his own devices. Not until he's good and ready, and who knows how long that can take? ]