( ... he can't help it. he's listening, and then things are getting to areas he's not aware of, and this version of alchemy reads as so strangely different from his, until he's sitting with his tailtip twitching as he listens. though he eventually does cut in with: )
Okay, okay! Here, look. Will you lend me your hand for a moment?
( because he thinks at this point doing a demonstration is easier than trying to find words to explain any of this when he's the guy who picks up new tech fairly fast, not the guy who generally invents new things. he holds out his hand, expectant, figuring even if Idia's one of those who avoids contact, part of that is unexpected contact versus pointed, functionally useful contact. clearly. )
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Okay, okay! Here, look. Will you lend me your hand for a moment?
( because he thinks at this point doing a demonstration is easier than trying to find words to explain any of this when he's the guy who picks up new tech fairly fast, not the guy who generally invents new things. he holds out his hand, expectant, figuring even if Idia's one of those who avoids contact, part of that is unexpected contact versus pointed, functionally useful contact. clearly. )