[[ooc: OKAY, WELL. Axel muse just chickened out, so he gets to starve tonight BD HE JUST CAN'T DO IT, and I can't make him. ]]
"Yeah, well... no one's hair is as cool as mine, kiddo." He smiled, a forced, but convincing thing. "An attorney, huh? Well, that's a respectable job."
He stopped and placed a hand on her shoulder. It was now or never. They were almost there, he knew it. Any longer...
He couldn't do it.
He couldn't make himself do it. The hunger was nigh unbearable, but he just could not bring himself to do it.
"..... Heh. Nah. I'll be fine, kid." He grinned, a pained thing, and flexed a muscle in his noodle-thin arm. "I'm a big boy, I can take care of myself."