[ Not in the conventional way, indeed. Perhaps some of it is a matter of routine -- though his partnership within Akatsuki had been a different beast, it hadn't been without some level of care, but he remembers what it's like to be a part of a team. A real team. Look out for your comrades had been drilled into his head from the earliest days at the academy, and it was a tenet that he could get behind. The rest of his concern lies in what he's observed about Nic -- precious little, of course, but enough to lodge that small sliver of worry in the back of his head.
Especially with the way things have been on the ship. Someone like this, he thinks, could disappear for quite some time before someone noticed. Considering the others he's met from their team -- even if his concern was a product of pure pragmatism ... well. He's loathe to lose another fighter, especially at this point.
So Itachi smiles faintly at that flat dismissal as if it were nothing more than a declaration of the weather.]
Well, that's certainly good news. I'm sure you'll be even better with some decent food -- the staff may be a bit strange, but I get the feeling such things are in short supply.
[He's not a babbler, either, but he'll fill those empty spaces if he has to. Besides, it gives him a moment to do a quick visual scan of the shorter man, checking the state of those facial wounds from a few days prior. Inevitably, his attention falls to Nic's hands, and that smile takes on an ironic edge.]
Peachy, yes. I suppose you're content just to sleep that off, too?
(ooc: hey hey no worries <3 I'm definitely game while you are, but if you want to clear things up in preparation for Macha I can totally understand that, too ♥)
[ nic's eyes don't fall down to his hands when itachi's do, but there is a visible stiffening in his spine once he realizes the other man couldn't be fooled. of course he isn't too surprised that such a detail wouldn't escape his notice. part of the reason he'd put the other man on hinata-and-kino watch in the first place had been due to his skills. ]
iT'S lIkE yOU've kNOwn mE All yOUr Life.
[ though it doesn't take a genius to figure out that nicolas brown is a particularly stubborn man. just how stubborn may take a bit more digging, though... ]
i'M nOt HUnGRy. MiGhT as wEll GiVe thAt to One oF The YounGer ONes. thEY AlWAYs SeeM to bE.
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Especially with the way things have been on the ship. Someone like this, he thinks, could disappear for quite some time before someone noticed. Considering the others he's met from their team -- even if his concern was a product of pure pragmatism ... well. He's loathe to lose another fighter, especially at this point.
So Itachi smiles faintly at that flat dismissal as if it were nothing more than a declaration of the weather.]
Well, that's certainly good news. I'm sure you'll be even better with some decent food -- the staff may be a bit strange, but I get the feeling such things are in short supply.
[He's not a babbler, either, but he'll fill those empty spaces if he has to. Besides, it gives him a moment to do a quick visual scan of the shorter man, checking the state of those facial wounds from a few days prior. Inevitably, his attention falls to Nic's hands, and that smile takes on an ironic edge.]
Peachy, yes. I suppose you're content just to sleep that off, too?
(ooc: hey hey no worries <3 I'm definitely game while you are, but if you want to clear things up in preparation for Macha I can totally understand that, too ♥)
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iT'S lIkE yOU've kNOwn mE All yOUr Life.
[ though it doesn't take a genius to figure out that nicolas brown is a particularly stubborn man. just how stubborn may take a bit more digging, though... ]
i'M nOt HUnGRy. MiGhT as wEll GiVe thAt to One oF The YounGer ONes. thEY AlWAYs SeeM to bE.
[ ...or not. ]