Shin's attention is suddenly drawn to the wall. He'd not really registered before that the wall had been anything besides old and crappy, but that crack went right up the building.
Adrien and Shin hadn't had any real encounters with ayakashi besides a few bells that were destroyed with a single strike. Shin's just human. Normal, every day human. Human from a world without magic. Where the scariest thing was dying young and tragically... or old, alone, and unknown. There's an instinctual fear now, this wasn't some ayakashi he was designed to destroy, and that fear of being the next thing on the menu is something Shin has never actually felt before.
He stumbles back, tripping over the cut out heel of his platform shoes. He lands pretty lightly, all things considered, but it's pretty clear he's freezing up. His fingers are in that position he'd practiced to make a line, but this was Joss. He didn't want to make a line between himself and Joss.
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Adrien and Shin hadn't had any real encounters with ayakashi besides a few bells that were destroyed with a single strike. Shin's just human. Normal, every day human. Human from a world without magic. Where the scariest thing was dying young and tragically... or old, alone, and unknown. There's an instinctual fear now, this wasn't some ayakashi he was designed to destroy, and that fear of being the next thing on the menu is something Shin has never actually felt before.
He stumbles back, tripping over the cut out heel of his platform shoes. He lands pretty lightly, all things considered, but it's pretty clear he's freezing up. His fingers are in that position he'd practiced to make a line, but this was Joss. He didn't want to make a line between himself and Joss.