Leo was a little startled when Gamzee just decided to pull him to some sort of half hug. Stuff like that still surprised him. He'd spent so long alone that contact with other humans, or in this particular case a troll was not something that happened often. His shoulders briefly tensed at the contact before he relaxed.
He had a habit of taking stock of everything he could observe about someone else, generally without really thinking too much about it consciously. While some of it was trying to compare himself and all the ways he does or doesn't measure up to someone else, most of it was just trying to figure them out - like he was examining a piece of machinery. Not the best comparison to make when talking about living creatures, but it's what made sense to him.
The smell of greasepaint didn't bother him, but then Leo smelled like grease and fire pretty much all the time, so he could only hope that it wasn't bothering Gamzee. He had no clue if trolls had a better sense of smell than humans, but he was guessing it was nothing like a monster's sense of smell. They could smell demigod from miles away.
"Well, she's not my bro, we're not that close. But she's a friend from back home. I told her she was scary and things got a bit heated. I also wound up telling her in another conversation that I overheard her having sex with her boyfriend. And that just resulted in a lot of awkwardness. But thanks, man. I hope things can go back to normal after the curse is over. Right now we're avoiding each other."
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He had a habit of taking stock of everything he could observe about someone else, generally without really thinking too much about it consciously. While some of it was trying to compare himself and all the ways he does or doesn't measure up to someone else, most of it was just trying to figure them out - like he was examining a piece of machinery. Not the best comparison to make when talking about living creatures, but it's what made sense to him.
The smell of greasepaint didn't bother him, but then Leo smelled like grease and fire pretty much all the time, so he could only hope that it wasn't bothering Gamzee. He had no clue if trolls had a better sense of smell than humans, but he was guessing it was nothing like a monster's sense of smell. They could smell demigod from miles away.
"Well, she's not my bro, we're not that close. But she's a friend from back home. I told her she was scary and things got a bit heated. I also wound up telling her in another conversation that I overheard her having sex with her boyfriend. And that just resulted in a lot of awkwardness. But thanks, man. I hope things can go back to normal after the curse is over. Right now we're avoiding each other."