[ Another quick smile. Mary is earning plenty of those from him.
I will, he signs, and then glances at her. He adds that he hasn't done it before, so he'll watch first, with her. Grey suspects this is another tradition, like the ones relating to marriage that Mary had once explained to him. There's ritual for everything here. For holidays, for events, for birthdays. It seems that nothing passes by unmarked.
It's strange to hit an animal, he adds, still with his hands - though, occasionally, he makes a word with his tattoos instead, when he forgets which motion to use. He'll still do it, of course; he just doesn't know why it needs to be that shape. ]
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I will, he signs, and then glances at her. He adds that he hasn't done it before, so he'll watch first, with her. Grey suspects this is another tradition, like the ones relating to marriage that Mary had once explained to him. There's ritual for everything here. For holidays, for events, for birthdays. It seems that nothing passes by unmarked.
It's strange to hit an animal, he adds, still with his hands - though, occasionally, he makes a word with his tattoos instead, when he forgets which motion to use. He'll still do it, of course; he just doesn't know why it needs to be that shape. ]