Pretty much every part of Dorian's response, from his choice of words to the light show, earns him both raised brows from Adam; the surprised look, obvious even with the shades on, is just about the strongest show of emotion he's made this entire conversation (and apparently it only took six more seconds for him to finally catch on!)
So– he's flirting.
The attention's not an annoyance, per se, but… Preferences aside, his relationship situation's a little Complicated with a capital "C." And (regardless of how good the wine turns out to be) he's not quite ready to explain how he'd gone through hell to hunt down and save his "dead" ex-girlfriend, only to find that she'd been a willing captive of the people who'd turned him into the half-machine thing he is today. Just call what he has the mother of all hang-ups.
But assuming that he has to explain any of that whenever Dorian throws a compliment in his direction isn't exactly fair to him, so– acceptance it is, at least until any more overt moves are made. He's kind of getting the impression that the guy's a chronic flatterer, anyway.
Eventually he realizes his mouth is slightly agape (mostly at the show of magic) and he hastily wipes the look off his face. A few seconds pass in silence before Adam speaks up again, keeping pace at Dorian's side. By then, his tone's back to its usual neutrality.]
Well, I guess I called it– but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't still surprised. Can everyone do that, where you're from?
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Pretty much every part of Dorian's response, from his choice of words to the light show, earns him both raised brows from Adam; the surprised look, obvious even with the shades on, is just about the strongest show of emotion he's made this entire conversation (and apparently it only took six more seconds for him to finally catch on!)
So– he's flirting.
The attention's not an annoyance, per se, but… Preferences aside, his relationship situation's a little Complicated with a capital "C." And (regardless of how good the wine turns out to be) he's not quite ready to explain how he'd gone through hell to hunt down and save his "dead" ex-girlfriend, only to find that she'd been a willing captive of the people who'd turned him into the half-machine thing he is today. Just call what he has the mother of all hang-ups.
But assuming that he has to explain any of that whenever Dorian throws a compliment in his direction isn't exactly fair to him, so– acceptance it is, at least until any more overt moves are made. He's kind of getting the impression that the guy's a chronic flatterer, anyway.
Eventually he realizes his mouth is slightly agape (mostly at the show of magic) and he hastily wipes the look off his face. A few seconds pass in silence before Adam speaks up again, keeping pace at Dorian's side. By then, his tone's back to its usual neutrality.]
Well, I guess I called it– but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't still surprised. Can everyone do that, where you're from?