"Scare easy?" Was that actually supposed to scare him? What was the point of that? He shrugged, but the aura didn't go unnoticed - he'd noticed it on the network too, before. "You could say I've been through a lot." That was a simplification, but if any further explanation was coming it certainly wasn't with that aura doing what it was doing.
Ed remains still for a moment, as if not registering the rest of what Nico is saying. Throwing his worst memories at him is not something he's going to recover from easily, even without the time in Purg, but when you add those... Nina, and Al-
When he does recompose himself though, he looks as if nothing happened. Shaking the dread away as if it was never there. His only response to the last part was to pointedly look at the sword as Nico explained.
"Well, I didn't think you wore it just for looks." He might sound a little annoyed, but that's because he's trying to mask the discomfort from moments ago.
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Ed remains still for a moment, as if not registering the rest of what Nico is saying. Throwing his worst memories at him is not something he's going to recover from easily, even without the time in Purg, but when you add those... Nina, and Al-
When he does recompose himself though, he looks as if nothing happened. Shaking the dread away as if it was never there. His only response to the last part was to pointedly look at the sword as Nico explained.
"Well, I didn't think you wore it just for looks." He might sound a little annoyed, but that's because he's trying to mask the discomfort from moments ago.