[Horatio isn't terribly familiar with the game, true, but he's still dead certain that he isn't doing well at it. At all. Even a little.
Really, Yukizome doesn't seem disingenuous. She doesn't seem terribly patronizing, either. It's... nice, feeling he's genuinely pleased someone, even in a brief and likely passing way.
But nervous animals often take a beat to relax back after a startle. His fingers twist fretfully around the next ring, suddenly uncertain of himself and at a loss as to how to explain it away.]
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Really, Yukizome doesn't seem disingenuous. She doesn't seem terribly patronizing, either. It's... nice, feeling he's genuinely pleased someone, even in a brief and likely passing way.
But nervous animals often take a beat to relax back after a startle. His fingers twist fretfully around the next ring, suddenly uncertain of himself and at a loss as to how to explain it away.]