01-01-2021, 06:05 PM
While Michael had never had a real substantial relationship with his own birth family, he knew that some out there held their parents and siblings in extremely high regard. That was something that came up surprisingly often when it came to new joiners, a surprising amount of them forced to flee because of something happening to their loved ones. The dealer always tried to be sympathetic when they did talk about such issues with himself and others, but he'd never been an expert at comfort. His most successful attempt at comforting someone had been when Trygve was upset, and even then, he hadn't actually done all that much. He had just held Ry for a while and let him sort his own emotions out. Truthfully, Michael had some doubts about that really being counted as comforting, considering his presence could've easily been replaced with some sort of large stuffed animal.
In spite of the thief's usual difficulties when it came to comfort or emotions, he was actually a pretty sociable person. It was part of his job as a dealer, and was a large part of why he had chosen his division. Thus, it wasn't too big of a surprise when he heard his name getting tossed around because someone had crawled up out of the ocean and refused to get any closer. With a bit of a sigh at the whole situation, the bobcat had slipped his way through the small crowd of onlookers, raising his voice enough so that Zythos would hopefully hear him, "Hey! I mean... hey there! Do you maybe wanna come up here and talk things out? I promise that most of the people here don't bite." He already had the usual questions in his mind for the beast of a spino that was pacing around in front of him, but they could wait. Michael could tell that she was upset, and that baby steps would need to be taken here. First step? Get her up onto the actual shore.
In spite of the thief's usual difficulties when it came to comfort or emotions, he was actually a pretty sociable person. It was part of his job as a dealer, and was a large part of why he had chosen his division. Thus, it wasn't too big of a surprise when he heard his name getting tossed around because someone had crawled up out of the ocean and refused to get any closer. With a bit of a sigh at the whole situation, the bobcat had slipped his way through the small crowd of onlookers, raising his voice enough so that Zythos would hopefully hear him, "Hey! I mean... hey there! Do you maybe wanna come up here and talk things out? I promise that most of the people here don't bite." He already had the usual questions in his mind for the beast of a spino that was pacing around in front of him, but they could wait. Michael could tell that she was upset, and that baby steps would need to be taken here. First step? Get her up onto the actual shore.
— Reggan