[ the way serval asks him about the handcuffs is similar to the way his professors used to ask him questions back in the cadet academy ... except this has nothing to do with military science in any way. this has nothing to do with any kind of science—or so he deliberately insists.

gepard presses his lips together and closes his eyes, exhaling through his nose in exasperation. it's clear that his sister isn't going to let this go unless he indulges her against his own will and she satisfies her need for amusement at his own expense. ]

They're to hold down another individual except they don't wish for said individual to feel any kind of discomfort.

[ ... he's trying to make this as neutral as he can, but he's pretty sure the older blonde will keep hounding him about it. ]

That answers the fluffiness of the cuffs, but the pink color—

[ he shuts his mouth. ]