[the blunt demand startles him out of his thoughts faster than he has a chance to process the figure in front of him; he nearly drops the shard outright, quickly clapping his hands over it...and absorbing it all over again. away it goes, into his skin, back to roost over his heart, leaving Manabu to pat himself over just to make sure he didn't just break it, checking the ground...
...and slowly looking back up at someone with a very, very alien look.]
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[the blunt demand startles him out of his thoughts faster than he has a chance to process the figure in front of him; he nearly drops the shard outright, quickly clapping his hands over it...and absorbing it all over again. away it goes, into his skin, back to roost over his heart, leaving Manabu to pat himself over just to make sure he didn't just break it, checking the ground...
...and slowly looking back up at someone with a very, very alien look.]
Uoh...s-sorry...