[Ha ha, gaze all you want, friend. Get brows raised over half-lidded eyes and a mostly-playful smirk in response.
...And an acknowledgement of the question with a slight "huh!" pout.]
Oh?
[Leading up into a broader, looser smile and a controlled laugh: "ah-ha-ha...!"
Solidly-projected:]
Now, there's no need to be so shy, darling! What in the world is so rude about an innocent question like that?
The answer to that is YES. Metal and magic, as monster-made robots are! [None of this is said in a condescending or "no duh" way, but. Um. It is said as if under the assumption that that won't raise at least as many questions as it answers.] If you have any other questions, please, I beg of you, fire away! What kind of star would I be if I didn't have time to spare on my admirers? Or... as the case might be... admirers in the making?
[He's not making fun anywhere in there! Not that he's... above that in cases where things don't line up with his internal logic, but heh, yeah, even he's not assuming he's a household name outside of the ex-Underground just yet. Yet.]
no subject
...And an acknowledgement of the question with a slight "huh!" pout.]
Oh?
[Leading up into a broader, looser smile and a controlled laugh: "ah-ha-ha...!"
Solidly-projected:]
Now, there's no need to be so shy, darling! What in the world is so rude about an innocent question like that?
The answer to that is YES. Metal and magic, as monster-made robots are! [None of this is said in a condescending or "no duh" way, but. Um. It is said as if under the assumption that that won't raise at least as many questions as it answers.] If you have any other questions, please, I beg of you, fire away! What kind of star would I be if I didn't have time to spare on my admirers? Or... as the case might be... admirers in the making?
[He's not making fun anywhere in there! Not that he's... above that in cases where things don't line up with his internal logic, but heh, yeah, even he's not assuming he's a household name outside of the ex-Underground just yet. Yet.]