[ To be fair, Arthur is not remotely the first person he'd actually expected to happen upon like this, common state of affairs or no. There's a simultaneous inward groan and elation at that arrival, neither of which he's willing to admit aloud.
This is already complicated. Complex and strained and upsetting, and all the more so when the rules here aren't those either of them are used to.
He does allow a sigh when an attempt to reach out is literally blocked off; it's like slamming his hand into an invisible wall, and that sigh is accompanied too by a softly muttered curse. ]
Arthur, is this really necessary?
[ "The distance" is what he means. It isn't said. ]
tell him something he doesn't know :|
This is already complicated. Complex and strained and upsetting, and all the more so when the rules here aren't those either of them are used to.
He does allow a sigh when an attempt to reach out is literally blocked off; it's like slamming his hand into an invisible wall, and that sigh is accompanied too by a softly muttered curse. ]
Arthur, is this really necessary?
[ "The distance" is what he means. It isn't said. ]