[the act was so inoffensive-yet-unexpected that it leaves Zel rather stunlocked, eyes widening with a flutter. he stands frozen mid-turn, breath stuck and chest aching very suddenly and very intensely; it takes being that still to keep from overreacting in some weird or dramatic way.
he remains stuck in place after Emery's parted, near to the point where it might be worth asking if he just had a brain aneurism, but after a beat, he blinks and remembers to breathe again.
barely audible:] ...Good night.
[he has to go sit up near he wagon and stew in a storm of feelings now, don't mind him. bodyguards just do that.]
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he remains stuck in place after Emery's parted, near to the point where it might be worth asking if he just had a brain aneurism, but after a beat, he blinks and remembers to breathe again.
barely audible:] ...Good night.
[he has to go sit up near he wagon and stew in a storm of feelings now, don't mind him. bodyguards just do that.]