Ah. [He sweeps an assessing gaze over toward the shower in question with a considering look, then shrugs, turning his attention back to Newton.]
Not likely to be worth the effort.
[Newton, who is currently stripping for an impromptu wash up in the lab. Hermann spares a look for the entrance of the lab and briefly considers closing it for the first time since they'd begun working here. But Newton's words stop him before he can commit to the movement and his shoulders soften. His fingers touch the wrist where his watch rests, something that's becoming a bit of a habitual motion by now.]
You're safe, Newton. Gifts and romantic gestures aren't precisely top priority in the scale of things. If you'd returned as anything less than that, I.. [He glances down, shifts and absently tests the steadiness of his left leg] Well I would have had much more reason to join the ongoing war effort.
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Not likely to be worth the effort.
[Newton, who is currently stripping for an impromptu wash up in the lab. Hermann spares a look for the entrance of the lab and briefly considers closing it for the first time since they'd begun working here. But Newton's words stop him before he can commit to the movement and his shoulders soften. His fingers touch the wrist where his watch rests, something that's becoming a bit of a habitual motion by now.]
You're safe, Newton. Gifts and romantic gestures aren't precisely top priority in the scale of things. If you'd returned as anything less than that, I.. [He glances down, shifts and absently tests the steadiness of his left leg] Well I would have had much more reason to join the ongoing war effort.