"Oof". He rubs the spot where she poked her, wincing as though she'd punched him, but smiling all the same. "I hear you."
If you asked him why he was doing this, he'd preface it with a lot of bluster - Holly's a girl, and she's also a kid, and she's one of Ari's friends and he owes it to Ari - but in the end, it's mostly because he doesn't want to see her life go as badly to shit as his own has. He's trying to catch all the shitty stuff before it reaches anyone that he wants to protect. Thus the dive into the deepest part of the deep end. It works for him for right now. But meanwhile...
"Cenabell's a Dreameater," he says, rolling up his sleeve as Cenabell flops around on his lap happily, revealing a dried up scrape on his elbow. He usually lets his injuries heal on their own if they aren't too serious because he doesn't want to arouse too much suspicion, but he can make an exception here. "A magic dogcat who comes from a dream. He knows tricks. Hey, Cena - Heal."
Cenabell rolls onto his legs and barks twice. A shimmering green light accompanied by a soft jingling noise surrounds both him and and Skyler, and suddenly the scrape melts away into smooth skin. Skyler scratches Cenabell behind the ear. "Not that heel, dummy."
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If you asked him why he was doing this, he'd preface it with a lot of bluster - Holly's a girl, and she's also a kid, and she's one of Ari's friends and he owes it to Ari - but in the end, it's mostly because he doesn't want to see her life go as badly to shit as his own has. He's trying to catch all the shitty stuff before it reaches anyone that he wants to protect. Thus the dive into the deepest part of the deep end. It works for him for right now. But meanwhile...
"Cenabell's a Dreameater," he says, rolling up his sleeve as Cenabell flops around on his lap happily, revealing a dried up scrape on his elbow. He usually lets his injuries heal on their own if they aren't too serious because he doesn't want to arouse too much suspicion, but he can make an exception here. "A magic dogcat who comes from a dream. He knows tricks. Hey, Cena - Heal."
Cenabell rolls onto his legs and barks twice. A shimmering green light accompanied by a soft jingling noise surrounds both him and and Skyler, and suddenly the scrape melts away into smooth skin. Skyler scratches Cenabell behind the ear. "Not that heel, dummy."