Noh-Varr doesn't wilt, or deflate. But his enthusiasm dims visibly, sobers into something more considering and difficult to read. Before he might have just shrugged it off, even from her, or tried to play it off in a charmingly alien way. But he's given Kate the power to make him feel guilty, because he made a huge mistake, and there's no way for him to make it right. No apologies and no way to take it back. Noh-Varr knows she's not going to let him get away with brushing that off.]
I borrowed it. I had no intention of keeping it.
[The kid himself can't seem to decide if he wants to be irritated or admiring, or just spy on this conversation. But he's become totally irrelevant to Noh-Varr now. There's nothing but Kate, and whatever accusations she wants to level at him.
no subject
Noh-Varr doesn't wilt, or deflate. But his enthusiasm dims visibly, sobers into something more considering and difficult to read. Before he might have just shrugged it off, even from her, or tried to play it off in a charmingly alien way. But he's given Kate the power to make him feel guilty, because he made a huge mistake, and there's no way for him to make it right. No apologies and no way to take it back. Noh-Varr knows she's not going to let him get away with brushing that off.]
I borrowed it. I had no intention of keeping it.
[The kid himself can't seem to decide if he wants to be irritated or admiring, or just spy on this conversation. But he's become totally irrelevant to Noh-Varr now. There's nothing but Kate, and whatever accusations she wants to level at him.
They're probably fair, on some level.
He made a huge mistake.]