[ dani blinks at that. it's strange sentiment. if they were in a field now, they'd probably have resolved this already just by hitting each other. it would've been over quickly. but that was how it worked there, not how it works here. and koby isn't that sort.

and neither is dani, really.

that last part makes him glance down at his hands, just to check -- but there isn't any glow, so he rubs his fingers together. ]

I don't...know why, I'm not bright.

[ which he says warily, because there's every chance koby means that in a literal way. that he can see the sunlight inside, somehow.

gods, let's not make this more complicated. he shakes his head. ]

Is that really what you think of me, that I'll just attack you out of nowhere? I've never hurt anyone here.

But of course, I don't know why I'm surprised. Lexi hasn't either, and you still lit on him just because he's from my world. No, keep up with that, Koby, don't worry about letting proof get in the way.