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[thisclockworkheart]

[ His reaction to that friendly touch speaks of how welcome it is, leaning into his palm, briefly closing his eyes, that slight tightening of his mouth that's almost a small smile. Wriothesley speaks like he knows what it was like in Krat, he thinks.

Was Fontaine like Krat? Beautiful, but built up by exploitation? That nobody was ever free, even the wealthy who benefited the most from the puppet industry and the machinations of the Alchemists?

If he pushes on and breaks off from the past, will he become like Wriothesley? Someone that people like and want to be around? Dependable and knowledgeable? Pinocchio has something to prove, it's why he resolves himself to learn, to grow, to become someone people like Wriothesley can depend on. He feels warmth in his chest and prickling on his face, and turns his blush towards his cup of tea as he drinks. ]

I want to try everything you'll teach me, [ he nods slightly, once, a determined affirmation that perhaps seems more like he's steeling himself for battle than negotiating kink, but then, this is also the friend who nearly always assumes a Power Stance like he's one moment from marching into a fight. ] So I can be there for you if I become someone who makes you feel safe.

[armwriostle]

[If only Wriothesley could show Pinocchio Fontaine. Fontaine, by all means, was a good place. A place will justice sat as the ideal, it lead to a land filled with people whom wanted to live mostly honest lives. Most of the time. He loved Fontaine with all his heart despite everything that he had gone through.

No, his experiences are more personal. Failed by the people who he should have been able to trust most. Raised like cattle to be slaughtered even. Failed by the system. There was no moment where something or someone had failed him.

And so he resolved to never be someone who failed another. They would not suffer as he did.]

Well, it so happens I have plenty that can be taught. It seems that you'll just be a constant in my life, huh? [He likes Pinocchio's determination. His want to learn and his want to grow. It was endearing and it was respectable. So many people easily are happy to live a more complacent life, so he values someone who is willing to move forward.] Oh, you really are determined to sweep me off my feet. You keep that up, and I might verily swoon.

[Why his tone comes off light and joking, there is bits of truth in it. He does find himself more trusting of Pinocchio than he is with others. It might only be just a little now, but a seed easily will bloom into something more and he finds something akin to home with Pinocchio. The similarities in dress and the smells of metal and the tick of cogs that reminds him of the Fortress and Fontaine.

He is deeply attracted to the other in ways that is more than just their looks.] How about we finish up our meal here and you can have your first lesson then.