[he holds his hands up for her to see, spreading the fingers out to display the impressive span they could reach at their widest. big, powerful hands...fastened to a body that was just as strong, if not more.]
'm used to how I am now, but accidents still happen sometimes, you know? And when I was still growing...
[he lets the sentence trail off with a shrug, followed by another good-natured laugh. puberty had been difficult for him even without the input of his contemporaries. how easy would it have been to crush something vital in an animal as a teenager, just from squeezing too hard when he went to pick it up? the risk just wasn't worth it.]
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'm used to how I am now, but accidents still happen sometimes, you know? And when I was still growing...
[he lets the sentence trail off with a shrug, followed by another good-natured laugh. puberty had been difficult for him even without the input of his contemporaries. how easy would it have been to crush something vital in an animal as a teenager, just from squeezing too hard when he went to pick it up? the risk just wasn't worth it.]