[kaz is used to stares. it doesn't matter that fugo doesn't give away anything obvious, that his expression stays the same, that his work stays the same. the tells are there anyway: the way his brow twitches, the way he takes in the sum of kaz's parts. kaz knows what that is. he revels in it. it's the feeling of having a reputation and it fits him like a glove. it doesn't matter that he doesn't know who told fugo, or if fugo thinks positively or negatively on it.the importance is this: fugo knows who he is without introduction.
there are few things that could make him happier. but like fugo, he knows better than to show it overtly. sure, he probably has tells, too. stands up a little straighter, a little prouder. he's attentive to the way fugo assess him, subtle though it is. but people like them, everything was subtleties. you learned to read between the lines because you lived between the lines. you play each other. sometimes you play yourself.]
That's practical.
[it's not a compliment, but it could almost be one. almost. but kaz doesn't give them away easily and certainly not to strangers. besides, any practicality that the other man might've had is pretty much negated by this work with the snow, which pretty much seems like a waste of time. but it is what it is.]
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there are few things that could make him happier. but like fugo, he knows better than to show it overtly. sure, he probably has tells, too. stands up a little straighter, a little prouder. he's attentive to the way fugo assess him, subtle though it is. but people like them, everything was subtleties. you learned to read between the lines because you lived between the lines. you play each other. sometimes you play yourself.]
That's practical.
[it's not a compliment, but it could almost be one. almost. but kaz doesn't give them away easily and certainly not to strangers. besides, any practicality that the other man might've had is pretty much negated by this work with the snow, which pretty much seems like a waste of time. but it is what it is.]