[ Of course Fabian is going to try. He has tried way more risky things under way worse circumstances, after all. And there's absolutely no way he could refuse the idea after Riz is practically telling him to do so after giving him a near-speech about friendship after Fabian spent about half a year missing his friends after school most days.
It makes any uncertainty about this situation fade away. Riz is right. They've teamed up! Sure, maybe it's just the two of them, but that's more than enough for this. They do have this!
It does take that mental moment of Fabian hyping himself up, but then he is using the sword to Misty Step across the lobby.
Successfully, even, because a moment later he's right by Riz's side. Fabian's eyes are wide with surprise for a moment, like the guy is kind of surprised it worked that well, but then the surprise quickly switches to delight when he realises that - for once - things are going their way.
It's not something they can celebrate out loud, given that the lion is still right there, but it's not like Fabian needs sound for this.
Instead he reaches out with the hand that isn't holding the sword until his hand latches onto Riz's own, intertwining their fingers real quick and then squeezing the other's hand with excitement, not even caring if Riz's claws are digging into his hand a little. Not even caring they're sharing a moment of near-tender physical contact in - what is technically - public, because this is just an Excited Bro Pal thing, and also, toxic masculinity is dead, okay!!
At least the sight of Fabian looking so excited might be a good thing to Riz, considering how much he's seen Fabian in a rather different state recently. ]
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It makes any uncertainty about this situation fade away. Riz is right. They've teamed up! Sure, maybe it's just the two of them, but that's more than enough for this. They do have this!
It does take that mental moment of Fabian hyping himself up, but then he is using the sword to Misty Step across the lobby.
Successfully, even, because a moment later he's right by Riz's side. Fabian's eyes are wide with surprise for a moment, like the guy is kind of surprised it worked that well, but then the surprise quickly switches to delight when he realises that - for once - things are going their way.
It's not something they can celebrate out loud, given that the lion is still right there, but it's not like Fabian needs sound for this.
Instead he reaches out with the hand that isn't holding the sword until his hand latches onto Riz's own, intertwining their fingers real quick and then squeezing the other's hand with excitement, not even caring if Riz's claws are digging into his hand a little. Not even caring they're sharing a moment of near-tender physical contact in - what is technically - public, because this is just an Excited Bro Pal thing, and also, toxic masculinity is dead, okay!!
At least the sight of Fabian looking so excited might be a good thing to Riz, considering how much he's seen Fabian in a rather different state recently. ]