[Compromise is something they're all having to learn, it seems. If what Giovanni is doing, what he's feeling, can be wrapped up in so neat a term. It's more of an adjustment perhaps, a slow and subtle recalibration to the needs of a situation so far outside of any he'd previously known. One that's taken time and a good deal of confusion on his part, a good deal of pain.
But change, in his experience, is always a hurtful thing.
Whatever the case, he's here now, and though he smiles his usual uneven smile, there's something in his bearing that telegraphs tension. A tightness in shoulders and jaw perhaps, the slight shadow of wariness around the edges of his expression.
What he's doing here, it's difficult for him.]
If you don't mind.
[His voice is as smooth and cool as always, despite those other signifiers of something close to discomfort.]
no subject
But change, in his experience, is always a hurtful thing.
Whatever the case, he's here now, and though he smiles his usual uneven smile, there's something in his bearing that telegraphs tension. A tightness in shoulders and jaw perhaps, the slight shadow of wariness around the edges of his expression.
What he's doing here, it's difficult for him.]
If you don't mind.
[His voice is as smooth and cool as always, despite those other signifiers of something close to discomfort.]
I believe we have something to discuss.