Re: [carnival: misha and james]
Misha was a little caught up in his own hurting, and that meant he wasn't real good at sussing other folks. He knew something was strange, but he reckoned it was just something come of being revived; he reckoned that had to come with a whole lot of baggage all its own. Too, Misha hadn't been schooled in handling charges yet, and so he wasn't all that good at reading emotions in others. The angelic empathy of a malakhim was there, but it was like having a book full of words that he wasn't real sure how to read, and so he let his optimism take itself over for the moment. This was a real good thing for Nilus, and Misha focused on that and on that all by its lonesome. "You ain't got to thank me, but I'll just say you're welcome, on account of I've learned folks don't like not being allowed to say thank you when they're inclined." He smiled real warm and tapped his cigarette out over the side of the coaster car.
His expression took to being thoughtful a moment later. The comment 'bout happiness, it made sense some. Could be it shouldn't, but it did. "I felt like that some 'fore. I wasn't miserable, but I wasn't happy neither. It was like filling time. Are you happy 'round Nilus?" Blue, blue eyes regarded the other man real careful when he asked that, and then he shook his head at the notion of being unable to touch anyone. "I thought 'bout that once I saw you at first, and I reckoned it must be Hell to see someone you love and to not be able to reach them. And then I wondered if that wasn't worse than not seeing them at all." He took a drag from the cigarette, and he turned his face away from James to exhale. "I think I'd get real jealous and real yearning. I can't even imagine it any."
Misha was real young. He'd only spent 12 of his years total thus far on earth, and he was still learning 'bout folks in a whole lot of ways. He nodded 'bout a space further off. "I see Damian tomorrow, and I'll let him know so the manager can get y'all moved further off from the other carnies." And his expression, it was plenty serious when he looked at the boy sharing his concerns on that coaster. "Nilus can take care of himself, honey, but if you need anything at all, you let me or Damian know. I reckon you know what I am, since you been 'round, but Damian's real strong, and he's real capable. We'll help if anything does happen, and don't you fret over it. Just take your time getting used to everything. There ain't no rush. We got nothing but time, right?"