ND 18.3 progress
Apr. 15th, 2012 11:03 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
inkpawprintsIt was a slip that could never been taken back. Subaru turned pale, memories of the insults that horrible young man had said pinning him down as he watched realisation unfold on Matsumoto's kindly old face-- "He? What do you -- oh. Oh." The bench seemed to drop out from under Subaru but the twisted Washio-like sneer failed to appear. Instead Matsumoto began to chuckle. "Well, well, that's not something you come across every day. Don't look so frightened, I'm not going to bite your head off -- when you get to my age you understand that finding someone you want to share the rest of your life with is too special to get hung up on things like that. So the two of you are different, hm? What's he like?"
For a while Subaru could only stare at Matsumoto, the way the old man smiled encouragingly and without judgment. Then Subaru realised he was smiling as well, truly smiling, in relief and in gratitude that rushed through him like wave of sun-warmed water. "What's Seishirou-san like, I--" A small laugh tumbled from his lips. "I don't know where to start."
Random research for this chapter: the history of Ueno Zoo immediatelly after the Second World War, hawk and eagle behaviour, and falconery. Because Matsumoto being a retired bird keeper and Subaru and Seishirou having birds for shikigami is too good an analytical opportunity to pass up.
For a while Subaru could only stare at Matsumoto, the way the old man smiled encouragingly and without judgment. Then Subaru realised he was smiling as well, truly smiling, in relief and in gratitude that rushed through him like wave of sun-warmed water. "What's Seishirou-san like, I--" A small laugh tumbled from his lips. "I don't know where to start."
Random research for this chapter: the history of Ueno Zoo immediatelly after the Second World War, hawk and eagle behaviour, and falconery. Because Matsumoto being a retired bird keeper and Subaru and Seishirou having birds for shikigami is too good an analytical opportunity to pass up.