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"Huh?" Hexx blinked, ears swiveling back only slightly.
And he waited.
"HUH?"
...and waited.
"Golde? You? Father?" ─ was she ok?
He was beginning to question if Tiberii was upset by the news as she sputtered and seemed to short circuit. "Hexx," he blinked, trying to understand her reaction. "That's ... that's amazin' news, really," ❝ You could have fooled me, ❞ he mused. It was intended to be...a joke? A playful comment? But nothing about Hexx's voice was playful. "I think," he listened. "I think you be herself, ya? Ya treat them the way ya wanted yer father ta treat ya." there she was, seemed like Tiberii was back. "Not tha way ya want society ta do it ... ya know??" he...believed he understood.
"No matter what, they're gonna love ya." those words stirred something in him, it made his chest tighten and a ball form in the base of his throat. Both ears came back this time. ❝ ...thank you, Tiberii ❞ he rumbled. ❝ I don't know that I'm ready, but ─ I ❞ he swallowed.
there was a long pause, too long, his eyes shifting away from Tiberii's; it felt odd to say it out loud to someone other than Golde in the secrecy of their privacy ❝ I love her, ❞
❝ speech ❞
which means if it hasn't happened in a thread ─ it hasn't happened!