His mental tone is cheerful enough, but it's undercut with an older, deeper anger. He doesn't like what's been done to Sollux and damned if he doesn't make a secret of it. He knows the boy thought it was necessary, but he's never been able to bring himself to agree, not with what it's cost him. But his anger isn't and would never be directed at Sollux himself. It's internalized more than anything.
If I didn't know better, I might actually call this 'normal'. It's been quiet. I'm glad to hear from you, though.
The flavour of their interactions is subtly different from pure telepathy, doubtless due to Sollux's nature, but it's not difficult for Charles to project something like a one-armed hug and a fatherly hair ruffle.
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His mental tone is cheerful enough, but it's undercut with an older, deeper anger. He doesn't like what's been done to Sollux and damned if he doesn't make a secret of it. He knows the boy thought it was necessary, but he's never been able to bring himself to agree, not with what it's cost him. But his anger isn't and would never be directed at Sollux himself. It's internalized more than anything.
If I didn't know better, I might actually call this 'normal'. It's been quiet. I'm glad to hear from you, though.
The flavour of their interactions is subtly different from pure telepathy, doubtless due to Sollux's nature, but it's not difficult for Charles to project something like a one-armed hug and a fatherly hair ruffle.