[ Even before this telepathy, Gregor had had a suspicion, strong enough to basically serve as fact, that Miles hid most of his pain and discomfort on a daily basis. He didn't blame him for it; Gregor did much the same thing himself, just emotional instead of physical. It was a survival strategy, but it was also a way to demand respect. There was nothing more grating that someone else trying to kindly tell you to stop taking on so much, when what you were taking on was your duty, and you felt that if you didn't live up to it your whole existence was pointless.
Yes, in that respect, Gregor and Miles have always understood one another perfectly. Which is how Gregor knows not to ask, not to imply, just to go straight for trying to relieve some of those aches without acknowledging outright that they exist.
His fingers creep up higher, deftly feeling out where his vertebrae twist and paying more attention to the nearly-hardened-to-steel muscle tissue there rather than shying away. Gregor leans his head down to murmur in Miles's ear, ] If we move this upstairs, I can do this properly.
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[ Even before this telepathy, Gregor had had a suspicion, strong enough to basically serve as fact, that Miles hid most of his pain and discomfort on a daily basis. He didn't blame him for it; Gregor did much the same thing himself, just emotional instead of physical. It was a survival strategy, but it was also a way to demand respect. There was nothing more grating that someone else trying to kindly tell you to stop taking on so much, when what you were taking on was your duty, and you felt that if you didn't live up to it your whole existence was pointless.
Yes, in that respect, Gregor and Miles have always understood one another perfectly. Which is how Gregor knows not to ask, not to imply, just to go straight for trying to relieve some of those aches without acknowledging outright that they exist.
His fingers creep up higher, deftly feeling out where his vertebrae twist and paying more attention to the nearly-hardened-to-steel muscle tissue there rather than shying away. Gregor leans his head down to murmur in Miles's ear, ] If we move this upstairs, I can do this properly.