[Dylas makes a face at the smiling baby talk and the egg being caressed while it's, you know, still between his legs, but he doesn't say anything about it. Lance can go ahead and get ready, Dylas wants to be done with his job and definitely isn't sad that he doesn't have an egg of his own. Between Lance and Atsushi, he's a little jealous...but he doesn't think he'd be a good dad, so it's for the best?
Lots of thoughts going on that Lance doesn't get to hear, basically.]
[He sighs. This poor egg. It's going to be raised by this guy? With any luck, it'll hatch into something that can take care of itself. He pats the egg. Good luck, little guy.]
You're not the first one to get one. They've got some kinda monster up there that keeps laying eggs or something. Probably more than one. Atsushi's hatched into a tiger.
[ lance's head finally pops out of the right hole, his dumbfounded expression directed towards dylas. ]
The — Orbiters?
[ he grows silent, just starting at the other, too shocked to even let his mind wander at the idea of some magical egg-laying creature being robbed of all her babies...
why would the orbiters be giving people eggs to take care of... and why wouldn't they say anything about it??? ]
[At least Lance's head is coming out of the right hole? He was so sure it was going to come out of a sleeve at this rate.]
My fr...someone...my friend [emotionally stunted horse, go!] had the same thing happen to him. And he was up there when it happened. It hatched into a tiger named Prince.
[ interesting... lance is wondering if revealing this particular bit of information will make keith even more paranoid about this egg or not. he considers kind of sitting on this information for a while... hrm. ]
Do me a favor and don't tell Keith that. It'll just make him worry.
[He hasn't noticed yet. One phone conversation and Lance taking a swim while he watches an egg is like the bare minimum interaction he can have while still interacting. What nightmares lie beneath Lance's surface are lost to him. For now.]
That's even better, then. I probably hate him.
[There's zero animosity behind the word 'hate,' though.]
[What does that face even mean??? Dylas doesn't want to know, and that means it's time to remove his tail and spread his legs like he wants to stand up.]
Can you hear that? Junior says he wants you to hold him.
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Lots of thoughts going on that Lance doesn't get to hear, basically.]
So, what is it? Do you know?
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[ this response comes from the depths of lance's t-shirt, in which he has somehow managed to get lost in. darn you, confusing sleeves... ]
It kinda just showed up on our doorstep one day, you know? It was addressed to Keith like some kind of package, but we still don't know who it's from.
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[He sighs. This poor egg. It's going to be raised by this guy? With any luck, it'll hatch into something that can take care of itself. He pats the egg. Good luck, little guy.]
You're not the first one to get one. They've got some kinda monster up there that keeps laying eggs or something. Probably more than one. Atsushi's hatched into a tiger.
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The — Orbiters?
[ he grows silent, just starting at the other, too shocked to even let his mind wander at the idea of some magical egg-laying creature being robbed of all her babies...
why would the orbiters be giving people eggs to take care of... and why wouldn't they say anything about it??? ]
—wait, someone got a tiger?
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[At least Lance's head is coming out of the right hole? He was so sure it was going to come out of a sleeve at this rate.]
My fr...someone...my friend [emotionally stunted horse, go!] had the same thing happen to him. And he was up there when it happened. It hatched into a tiger named Prince.
[You know, the big 'up there.']
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[ interesting... lance is wondering if revealing this particular bit of information will make keith even more paranoid about this egg or not. he considers kind of sitting on this information for a while... hrm. ]
Do me a favor and don't tell Keith that. It'll just make him worry.
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I won't. The longer I go without having to talk to him, the better.
[He might not mind running into Lance again? Maybe. This hasn't been horrible.]
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lance knows all too well that keith isn't exactly... the easiest to get along with...
so instead he just gives a strange sort of smile. ]
I promise he's not that bad, [ he says, almost apologetically. ] But I get it.
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[Dylas is just that friendly of a guy.]
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He'd probably hate that.
[ idk if you noticed, dylas, but lance is kind of A Lot to handle. ]
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That's even better, then. I probably hate him.
[There's zero animosity behind the word 'hate,' though.]
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Your experiences were that bad, huh?
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[That's another four letter word for you. Dylas is aggravating like that.]
So you really like him, huh?
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The experiences got better.
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I regret asking.
[What does that face even mean??? Dylas doesn't want to know, and that means it's time to remove his tail and spread his legs like he wants to stand up.]
Can you hear that? Junior says he wants you to hold him.