cranelike | ❀ yoo joonghyuk

[ Turning to him, he's quiet at first then...

He swiftly grabs Tsurumaru by the neck and holds him up. ]

(Eyes go wide with surrpise but there isn't any actual panic. When all is said and done, he looks as calm as ever in his hands. If anything, he looks amused? No, excited is the better word,)

Ah!

(Just an elated little gasp,)

Very nice.

... Very nice?

[ HE IS STILL HOLDING HIM UP BY THE NECK LIKE HE'S A TURKEY. ]

(Choke him harder, YJH.

He isn't really going to reply because look... Look at him!! But he'll give a weird little smile and raise his hands to Joonghyuk's hand and

pat gently.

Please him down.)

If you are going to threaten someone, then you should at least struggle.

[ No, he isn't going to put him down. Tsurumaru can try to speak? A little?? Explain himself? Joonghyuk's grip on his neck isn't that tight. ]

And if I'm not threatening anyone?

(Still not struggling but that also doesn't? Explain? What he said earlier?)

I'm not the one that hunts adults.

[ .......... ]

If you wanted to talk about the spectres, then you should have chosen your words better.

[ He keeps holding him like this.

Shakes him five times like a toy.

Then puts him down. ]

Wah...

(He's shaken like he deserves and it's probably the second time (since the initial shock) that he really reacts. Once set down, he rubs his neck,)

Careful, I'm precious.

(No context. No explanation.)

Well? (A half second, like he is truly thinking.) Are you ready?

(He's learning.)

[ Joonghyuk gives him a look cause lmfao what annoying. ]

I cannot die.

[ He will not allow it? His will to live is too much that he doesn't want to entertain the thought of death at all, not as a joke. ]

... Are you flippant because you're immortal?

Because you're a survivor~?

(There's a sing song quality to his voice. He's teasing.)

I'm not immortal.

(Just old.)

Because I have something I must do at home.

[ He will not accept teasing like this. ]

Immortal means you can't die, but you can be killed. [ ... ] This means your kind has a long lifespan?

(... Interesting but not unsurprising. Hm.)

Sometimes less, sometimes the same, sometimes more.

(Shrugging,)

To last as long as I have is a surprise.