[ the discomfort and pain on daniel's face is obvious, enough so that heine doesn't hurry to move away from where they're standing. ostensibly it's for his own benefit, letting his eyes adjust to the glare (the potent combination of his upbringing underground and his albinism making him more sensitive than most to the sun), but also partly for daniel's, to give him a chance not to keel over on the walk.
it is a little funny to hear daniel's half of the conversation spoken in the tinny mechanical voice of his phone, but the joke at least parses as a joke. heine snorts. ] What, you don't like the cardio?
[ that's a funny too, although heine's sense of humor is drier than the sahara. maybe that's why the siri jokes work for him.
once he can actually see, and feels reasonably sure based on outward appearances that daniel isn't going to drop dead once they start walking, heine straightens up so they can continue. it's sort of a toss-up whether trying to converse will be a good distraction or a bad one, but heine figures he'll give it a try: ] What's it like where you're from? This seem familiar?
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it is a little funny to hear daniel's half of the conversation spoken in the tinny mechanical voice of his phone, but the joke at least parses as a joke. heine snorts. ] What, you don't like the cardio?
[ that's a funny too, although heine's sense of humor is drier than the sahara. maybe that's why the siri jokes work for him.
once he can actually see, and feels reasonably sure based on outward appearances that daniel isn't going to drop dead once they start walking, heine straightens up so they can continue. it's sort of a toss-up whether trying to converse will be a good distraction or a bad one, but heine figures he'll give it a try: ] What's it like where you're from? This seem familiar?