He sees what's going to happen before it happens, his eyes widening, his hands jerking up to stop them. "Wait--!"
It's too late, and the table crashes down around them. He throws a shield up across the aisle so that all the silverware and scattered plates clatter against that and shatter on the ground instead of against other people. He's utterly scattered for this moment, adrenaline making his vision swim.
It's not until he sees Sxicq reaching so casually and uncaring towards the ball that all his focus snaps to them. It doesn't matter that Five told him they're not really a child. In this moment, that's what they look like to him, an undisciplined kid thinking about their own curiosity ahead of the people around them. He reaches across the broken table and grabs their arm, squeezing it for just a moment to get their attention before he lets them go.
"Stop it. You're going to hurt people! Now, you need to let that go," he gestures towards the ball/shield, and then brings his hand up to get their attention back on him. "And you and I need to fix this."
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It's too late, and the table crashes down around them. He throws a shield up across the aisle so that all the silverware and scattered plates clatter against that and shatter on the ground instead of against other people. He's utterly scattered for this moment, adrenaline making his vision swim.
It's not until he sees Sxicq reaching so casually and uncaring towards the ball that all his focus snaps to them. It doesn't matter that Five told him they're not really a child. In this moment, that's what they look like to him, an undisciplined kid thinking about their own curiosity ahead of the people around them. He reaches across the broken table and grabs their arm, squeezing it for just a moment to get their attention before he lets them go.
"Stop it. You're going to hurt people! Now, you need to let that go," he gestures towards the ball/shield, and then brings his hand up to get their attention back on him. "And you and I need to fix this."