[ Yu will immediately stop his approach when Thanatos backs away from him, though he keeps his hands upraised, this time in a gesture of surrender, and hopefully, mollification.
After a moment of intense and furious thought, Yu takes a breath and ... sits. He just sits down, right there, cross-legged, looking up at Thanatos guilelessly. There's no plan here. But -- people usually sit when they have a conversation, right?
And this is now a conversation.
He is also hyper-aware of the fact that sitting down like this puts him at a severe disadvantage. He's very vulnerable like this, less able to move quickly if he needs to. But this creature, whatever or whoever it (couldn't be) is, doesn't seem to want to hurt him. And if they're to make progress, Yu has to reward that with his own show of faith.
So here they are. ]
I won't, [ he says, to the unvoiced demand that he not come closer. ] I'll stay right here.
[ A tilt of his head, a slight adjustment. ]
... why are you out here? Are you looking for something?
[ There's much less of an edge to these questions than there was when Yu first arrived. They very nearly approach idle curiosity, the way you might engage in conversation with a friend you just happened to run into. But ... maybe this is a friend he just happened to run into. So why not approach it that way? ]
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After a moment of intense and furious thought, Yu takes a breath and ... sits. He just sits down, right there, cross-legged, looking up at Thanatos guilelessly. There's no plan here. But -- people usually sit when they have a conversation, right?
And this is now a conversation.
He is also hyper-aware of the fact that sitting down like this puts him at a severe disadvantage. He's very vulnerable like this, less able to move quickly if he needs to. But this creature, whatever or whoever it (couldn't be) is, doesn't seem to want to hurt him. And if they're to make progress, Yu has to reward that with his own show of faith.
So here they are. ]
I won't, [ he says, to the unvoiced demand that he not come closer. ] I'll stay right here.
[ A tilt of his head, a slight adjustment. ]
... why are you out here? Are you looking for something?
[ There's much less of an edge to these questions than there was when Yu first arrived. They very nearly approach idle curiosity, the way you might engage in conversation with a friend you just happened to run into. But ... maybe this is a friend he just happened to run into. So why not approach it that way? ]