【生肉搬运】鸟雀Passerine 第三章(29)
“I like this,” Wilbur said idly, pointing at an ancient morning star hanging next to the door. “Really ties the room together, I think.”
“Cut the crap, Wilbur,” Tommy snapped, the morning’s vehemence returning like bitter waves to the shore. “Just tell me why you’re here.”
Wilbur sighed as he threw himself down on one of the spare settees. “We need to talk, Tommy.”
“Alright.” Tommy leaned against the wall and crossed his arms, watching Wilbur suspiciously. “Talk, then.”
Wilbur crossed his legs and returned Tommy’s scrutiny tenfold; his dark eyes seemed to be made for the very purpose of staring people down. “First of all, I would like to apologize for what I said earlier. You are never an annoyance to me, Tommy. But you are a child.”
“Wilbur—”
Wilbur held a hand up to silence him. “Let me finish,” he said, wielding not the authority of a liege, but of a firstborn sibling. “You are a child. That isn’t a bad thing—you’re allowed to be what you are, and you’re young. But that’s also the reason why I thought it was best to keep things from you. In my efforts to protect you, I drove you away, and that’s the last thing I want. And you’re right, speaking with Techno did help me come to that conclusion, but we all need Techno’s help now and again, don’t we?”
“Cut the crap, Wilbur,” Tommy snapped, the morning’s vehemence returning like bitter waves to the shore. “Just tell me why you’re here.”
Wilbur sighed as he threw himself down on one of the spare settees. “We need to talk, Tommy.”
“Alright.” Tommy leaned against the wall and crossed his arms, watching Wilbur suspiciously. “Talk, then.”
Wilbur crossed his legs and returned Tommy’s scrutiny tenfold; his dark eyes seemed to be made for the very purpose of staring people down. “First of all, I would like to apologize for what I said earlier. You are never an annoyance to me, Tommy. But you are a child.”
“Wilbur—”
Wilbur held a hand up to silence him. “Let me finish,” he said, wielding not the authority of a liege, but of a firstborn sibling. “You are a child. That isn’t a bad thing—you’re allowed to be what you are, and you’re young. But that’s also the reason why I thought it was best to keep things from you. In my efforts to protect you, I drove you away, and that’s the last thing I want. And you’re right, speaking with Techno did help me come to that conclusion, but we all need Techno’s help now and again, don’t we?”
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