Cricket was not prepared for this simultaneously beautiful and horrific visitor. He's visibly startled, shrinking back against the fence, but while the click of teeth is unsettling, the voice is familiar, and so after the first flinch, he recovers, and looks more awed than rattled.
"...you're one of the angels," he says softly. "Didn't realize that, sir; I'm sorry." Not that that would have changed his approach much. He might have just left the gifts with Lucifer to pass along, though.
The bright sharp edges of the wings give him an idea just which of the angels he's talking to, also. Good thing Loki isn't here; he'd be...concerned. Especially after the minor crisis that was Coyote's prank on him. Cricket is back on his feet now, although those feet still wear leather and metal braces. He straightens and gives him a little bow and a tentative smile.
"I was just thinkin' about you, is all," he says awkwardly. "The other day when I was brushing the girls. And I figured...well, I ain't Greek, but I know there used to be winter sacrifices that probably not many folks in the Nexus are doing, and also people are depressed, so."
Now that he's saying it, it sounds kind of stupid. A Yule gift for a Greek god who is also an angel? But it's done, now, so he might as well soldier through. "Anyway, it's a gift. And I got a toy for Kuyutha and one for Athena, too."
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Date: 2022-01-01 05:51 pm (UTC)"...you're one of the angels," he says softly. "Didn't realize that, sir; I'm sorry." Not that that would have changed his approach much. He might have just left the gifts with Lucifer to pass along, though.
The bright sharp edges of the wings give him an idea just which of the angels he's talking to, also. Good thing Loki isn't here; he'd be...concerned. Especially after the minor crisis that was Coyote's prank on him. Cricket is back on his feet now, although those feet still wear leather and metal braces. He straightens and gives him a little bow and a tentative smile.
"I was just thinkin' about you, is all," he says awkwardly. "The other day when I was brushing the girls. And I figured...well, I ain't Greek, but I know there used to be winter sacrifices that probably not many folks in the Nexus are doing, and also people are depressed, so."
Now that he's saying it, it sounds kind of stupid. A Yule gift for a Greek god who is also an angel? But it's done, now, so he might as well soldier through. "Anyway, it's a gift. And I got a toy for Kuyutha and one for Athena, too."