[Hellboy's hand goes still when she touches his face, now just holding the back of her head instead, red fingers loosely curled in silver hair. She's anxious about telling him this, and then when she finally does -- he's less disappointed and more just confused. Kida speaks perfect English, but there's still a language barrier there.
"Courtship" and "suitors" -- not terms that Hellboy encounters in his every day life. But he's watched a ton of movies with Abe, a lot of period pieces, so it doesn't take too long to figure out what she's getting at. Or so he thinks, anyway. How many remakes of Pride and Prejudice has he sat through over the years...]
You're a princess, [he says slowly, like this never really dawned on him before. She has a duty to get married and have royal babies. On top of her other, culture-saving duty.] I feel a little dumb.
[Hellboy does not emote very well as a general rule, so the casual way he's processing this may not actually be the truth of his feelings. But he doesn't appear upset, just a little stunned.]
So... what's... [He makes a vague gesture between the two of them. What are they even doing, he's asking.]
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"Courtship" and "suitors" -- not terms that Hellboy encounters in his every day life. But he's watched a ton of movies with Abe, a lot of period pieces, so it doesn't take too long to figure out what she's getting at. Or so he thinks, anyway. How many remakes of Pride and Prejudice has he sat through over the years...]
You're a princess, [he says slowly, like this never really dawned on him before. She has a duty to get married and have royal babies. On top of her other, culture-saving duty.] I feel a little dumb.
[Hellboy does not emote very well as a general rule, so the casual way he's processing this may not actually be the truth of his feelings. But he doesn't appear upset, just a little stunned.]
So... what's... [He makes a vague gesture between the two of them. What are they even doing, he's asking.]