[He should have noticed. He should. The scent of him, the onrush of air around his movements, the stealthy swift approach-- they're all things he should have been attending to whilst instead his focus had been honed and intent on the man held tight in his grip now.
As such, Heine takes him almost by surprise, the sudden sharp pressure of fingers around his wrist enough to give him pause. He turns his head, takes in the sight of his elder brother standing there silent and silent and still and when he smiles this time it's brighter, harder. Full of razor-blade teeth. The moment lingers, the three of them poised there like that with Badou held aloft and the slight pain spiking along his wrist from that second point of contact--
--and then he let's go. Allows Badou to drop unceremoniously to the ground.]
How kind of you to join us. Come to collect your wayward pet?
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As such, Heine takes him almost by surprise, the sudden sharp pressure of fingers around his wrist enough to give him pause. He turns his head, takes in the sight of his elder brother standing there silent and silent and still and when he smiles this time it's brighter, harder. Full of razor-blade teeth. The moment lingers, the three of them poised there like that with Badou held aloft and the slight pain spiking along his wrist from that second point of contact--
--and then he let's go. Allows Badou to drop unceremoniously to the ground.]
How kind of you to join us. Come to collect your wayward pet?