[That is a very right direction and Rodney doesn't even bother to hide how taken he is by all the flattery.
Vast expertise. Guidance. He nods along with their assessment, they really are so lucky to have him along, aren't they. What can he say. He is but a simple man with a massive, massive ego that is now being catered to like a thirsty plant. And boy, is it blooming.
There is a pause at their sudden approach and he blinks at their sudden proximity with a flash of awkward worry - it would just really suck to get eaten after all - but all the compliments have lowered his defences considerably and in the end he concedes.]
Oh. Um. If, if it makes you feel safer, I suppose... Do you have hands? It's just, human skin is very delicate and not very claw-proof...
[He casts a scrutinizing glance at their winged arms, trying to get a better look at just what might be about to touch his arm there.]
Physics. Astrophysics, predominantly? Though I am quite proficient in other fields as well, all of them, really...
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Vast expertise. Guidance. He nods along with their assessment, they really are so lucky to have him along, aren't they. What can he say. He is but a simple man with a massive, massive ego that is now being catered to like a thirsty plant. And boy, is it blooming.
There is a pause at their sudden approach and he blinks at their sudden proximity with a flash of awkward worry - it would just really suck to get eaten after all - but all the compliments have lowered his defences considerably and in the end he concedes.]
Oh. Um. If, if it makes you feel safer, I suppose... Do you have hands? It's just, human skin is very delicate and not very claw-proof...
[He casts a scrutinizing glance at their winged arms, trying to get a better look at just what might be about to touch his arm there.]
Physics. Astrophysics, predominantly? Though I am quite proficient in other fields as well, all of them, really...