[Basilio's serious expression is soon gone, replaced by a wide grin. It's not visible, but it's not difficult to imagine his tail wagging offscreen as he puffs up at the praise.]
Guess you can't call me daft no more! [Teasing aside, more than anything, he's just happy to be useful and take some of the burden off his brother, particularly after the trouble he's caused him recently. With that decided, he pockets the cuff.
A weight he can carry, for a change.] If you don't know what to do, you can ask your genius bro anytime.
[ it doesn't change any of the thoughts that just went through his head, but seeing basilio so easily snapping back to his goofy, cheerful self does wonders to lift the mood back up. the tension that leaves fidelio's shoulders is visible, and though he puts on an unimpressed face at the gloating, there's warmth behind it. ]
All right now, let's not go overboard over one good idea.
[He looks about ready to climb on the nearest rooftop and declare himself the smartest bugger alive, because Del said so, but at least he's remembering enough to keep a low profile not to get too carried away.]
Lady Junah had one of those bracelet things too, yeah? You got hers safe an' sound?
[ ugh, this callout... his feelings about lady junah had gotten more complicated over this past couple of months too, and yet he's been carrying her old bracelet around in his backpack since the day she left. ]
...Yeah. Got left behind right there in the house, that one.
Not that it would've been hard to recognise no matter where it got dropped.
[ what with the way she took a hammer to the damn thing. ...which makes it all the more obvious that he's holding onto it for embarrassing personal sentimental reasons, when she'd been so eager to get rid of it herself. ]
True. It looked proper dinged up, like. [He's almost on the verge of teasing him like he normally might, but he's a little worried about Junah since she vanished, which surely has to mean Fidelio is too. All he can do is hope that there's not much to worry about.]
Least it's in good hands. You should tell Will, if you haven't already.
[Since he's friends with Junah too? Co-conspirators? Whatever's going on with them that they don't want to share, anyway.]
[ it's not like fidelio actually has any objection to telling will where that bracelet ended up, but he has no desire to initiate a conversation about it. he doesn't owe him that when lady junah's been with the two of them so much longer.
Tch. Hadn't even really known her a month before we came here, had he?
[ though he tries to say it casually, it's easy to tell it's a little defensive. he's sure will already knows things about her that she never let on to them, and it bothers him more than he'd care to admit. ]
Aye, she took to them right quick. But I don't think you gotta be jealous -- I can't forget what she told us after you confronted her.
[About wanting to give them more than just despair. Fidelio's better at reading her than he is, but Basilio thinks she was speaking sincerely, then, whatever ducking and dishonesty Fidelio thinks she did through the rest of the conversation.]
You won't remember it all, but she fretted over you when you were down with your bad foot, too. Even pulled strings to bring Saint Rella along, check you were sound, didn't she?
I'm not jealous. And I know she feels somethin' for us, even if she's hiding her real motives.
[ it's not like he's forgotten what she'd said back then either; and he may not remember much from during his recovery, but he remembers enough from before and after to be pretty sure it wasn't all an act. wouldn't have been any sense in any of it if she hadn't been acting on genuine concern. ]
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[Basilio's serious expression is soon gone, replaced by a wide grin. It's not visible, but it's not difficult to imagine his tail wagging offscreen as he puffs up at the praise.]
Guess you can't call me daft no more! [Teasing aside, more than anything, he's just happy to be useful and take some of the burden off his brother, particularly after the trouble he's caused him recently. With that decided, he pockets the cuff.
A weight he can carry, for a change.] If you don't know what to do, you can ask your genius bro anytime.
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All right now, let's not go overboard over one good idea.
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[He looks about ready to climb on the nearest rooftop and declare himself the smartest bugger alive, because Del said so, but at least he's remembering enough to keep a low profile not to get too carried away.]
Lady Junah had one of those bracelet things too, yeah? You got hers safe an' sound?
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...Yeah. Got left behind right there in the house, that one.
Not that it would've been hard to recognise no matter where it got dropped.
[ what with the way she took a hammer to the damn thing. ...which makes it all the more obvious that he's holding onto it for embarrassing personal sentimental reasons, when she'd been so eager to get rid of it herself. ]
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Least it's in good hands. You should tell Will, if you haven't already.
[Since he's friends with Junah too? Co-conspirators? Whatever's going on with them that they don't want to share, anyway.]
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he shrugs. ]
If he asks about it, I will.
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[Not as much as Fidelio, no one can top that -- but it's just he kind of person Will is.]
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[ though he tries to say it casually, it's easy to tell it's a little defensive. he's sure will already knows things about her that she never let on to them, and it bothers him more than he'd care to admit. ]
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[About wanting to give them more than just despair. Fidelio's better at reading her than he is, but Basilio thinks she was speaking sincerely, then, whatever ducking and dishonesty Fidelio thinks she did through the rest of the conversation.]
You won't remember it all, but she fretted over you when you were down with your bad foot, too. Even pulled strings to bring Saint Rella along, check you were sound, didn't she?
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[ it's not like he's forgotten what she'd said back then either; and he may not remember much from during his recovery, but he remembers enough from before and after to be pretty sure it wasn't all an act. wouldn't have been any sense in any of it if she hadn't been acting on genuine concern. ]
I'm not arguing otherwise.
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[All their arguing lately doesn't sit right with him, so he won't drag the conversation out.]
Might be for the best she's not caught up in all this, anyway. Got enough goin' on at home without her in harm's way here, yeah?