[ He keeps what his coworker said to heart— 'not all Ability-users are happy'— and doesn't try to pry too much further. He wasn't exactly happy talking about himself in the past, either. ]
Anyway, you don't have to worry about me, Mary-chan. I'm pretty sturdy, after all.
R-really? I've never seen one up close before... [ And she probably won't get to see Atsushi get all pretty and striped anytime soon, so she nods, after a few seconds. ] Mm, I want to visit!
no subject
[ He keeps what his coworker said to heart— 'not all Ability-users are happy'— and doesn't try to pry too much further. He wasn't exactly happy talking about himself in the past, either. ]
Anyway, you don't have to worry about me, Mary-chan. I'm pretty sturdy, after all.
no subject
[ SHE'LL JUST SAY IT POINT-BLANK, even if she... no, either way, she seems surprised. Then he's not a human either? ]
no subject
Ahaha... yeah, I know. But I'm... a were-tiger. So I heal really quickly.
[ no point in hiding this, he figures— somewhere along the line, she'll find out. ]
no subject
[ Mary has never actually seen a tiger in real life before. ]
no subject
[ Except he doesn't really want to go full-tiger anymore: it's bad for him, he supposes. ]
no subject
[ Okay, Mary. ]
no subject
[ FLOUNDERING HERE... Mary is too powerful. ]
—Ah, Mary-chan, I actually work with a tiger in my job...! Maybe you can come visit, sometime?
no subject
R-really? I've never seen one up close before... [ And she probably won't get to see Atsushi get all pretty and striped anytime soon, so she nods, after a few seconds. ] Mm, I want to visit!
no subject
[ Which sounds ill-advised?! Because it a tiger, after all. But it's an alien tiger, and she's very sweet, so Atsushi isn't too fussed... ]
She'll be happy to make new friends.
no subject
[ Someone's excited now. ]