[ Just slightly inclining toward her, Dirk nods and acknowledges that they're taking on some kind of formation. That's fine, he decides. Because they've got to be ready for anything. But he's also studying Jake's body language and notices ticks like his sideways glances and the way that he looks sort of sick to his stomach. Not entirely sure of what's going on there, but it probably has to do with the mask. So what this might boil down to isn't necessarily fighting Jake to get the mask off, but fighting the mask's remaining effects on Jake. Dammit. ]
Wish we could've met earlier. Anyway--
[ He's still standing as calmly and as collected as ever, even though his heart's probably racing a trillion miles a second. Except he knows that's totally an exaggeration. He turns toward Jake, continuing, ]
--don't know about you, bro, but it looks like you're kinda under the weather. You might wanna take a seat and let me take your place. You know I got this shit all down for you.
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[ Just slightly inclining toward her, Dirk nods and acknowledges that they're taking on some kind of formation. That's fine, he decides. Because they've got to be ready for anything. But he's also studying Jake's body language and notices ticks like his sideways glances and the way that he looks sort of sick to his stomach. Not entirely sure of what's going on there, but it probably has to do with the mask. So what this might boil down to isn't necessarily fighting Jake to get the mask off, but fighting the mask's remaining effects on Jake. Dammit. ]
Wish we could've met earlier. Anyway--
[ He's still standing as calmly and as collected as ever, even though his heart's probably racing a trillion miles a second. Except he knows that's totally an exaggeration. He turns toward Jake, continuing, ]
--don't know about you, bro, but it looks like you're kinda under the weather. You might wanna take a seat and let me take your place. You know I got this shit all down for you.