[ His hands slide out of his sleeves, still shaking Lydia's, but revealing gnarly red stumps at the wrists. He steps back and a fresh pair of hands pop out of his cuffs so that he can gesture with them. ]
One minute, I'm falling to my double-death. Cast-off! Rejected! Nay, betrayed!
[ Oop--! Here comes the anger again. He fixes her with a resentful little glare before reigning his attention back to his good fortune. ]
The next thing I know, I'm here in the garden with these babies!
[ He jerks two thumbs back over his shoulders and spreads his wings. ]
And the rest, as they say, is history! Now then...
[ He props an elbow on an invisible edge and crosses the toe of one boot over the other, the picture of casualty. ]
no subject
[ His hands slide out of his sleeves, still shaking Lydia's, but revealing gnarly red stumps at the wrists. He steps back and a fresh pair of hands pop out of his cuffs so that he can gesture with them. ]
One minute, I'm falling to my double-death. Cast-off! Rejected! Nay, betrayed!
[ Oop--! Here comes the anger again. He fixes her with a resentful little glare before reigning his attention back to his good fortune. ]
The next thing I know, I'm here in the garden with these babies!
[ He jerks two thumbs back over his shoulders and spreads his wings. ]
And the rest, as they say, is history! Now then...
[ He props an elbow on an invisible edge and crosses the toe of one boot over the other, the picture of casualty. ]
What happened to you?