[Silco found his curiosity increasing with the evasive answer. Surely Richard had brought the crate over to reveal said secret to him at some point in the night, but he wouldn't fault the younger man to build up the anticipation and theatrics around whatever was in the crate either. All would be revealed in due time then. It had to be something covetous if Richard spoke in such a careful, quiet tone too.
He ran his fingers over the crate top as he moved passed Richard so that he could seat himself on the couch. He was not ashamed of his eye, its ongoing maintenance, or the history behind it. He turned the injector over so that injection portion faced the floor and gently tapped it with a finger to stir up and resuspend the unique version of Shimmer that he used.]
Hmmm, it won't take long, and it isn't something that I hide from those close to me.
[He lifted it and moved to set the metal cage unit around his eye. He fumbled to get the angle right, tipping his head back more or less in the process to line up the device with his mutilated eye. He paused, pulling it off of his face without pulling the trigger and shaking his head, casting a glance towards his lover.]
...Jinx normally performs this for me, so I'm mildly rusty at self-administration.
[Still, it had to be done, especially with her out of town for a few weeks. He shifted and moved to make another attempt.]
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[Silco found his curiosity increasing with the evasive answer. Surely Richard had brought the crate over to reveal said secret to him at some point in the night, but he wouldn't fault the younger man to build up the anticipation and theatrics around whatever was in the crate either. All would be revealed in due time then. It had to be something covetous if Richard spoke in such a careful, quiet tone too.
He ran his fingers over the crate top as he moved passed Richard so that he could seat himself on the couch. He was not ashamed of his eye, its ongoing maintenance, or the history behind it. He turned the injector over so that injection portion faced the floor and gently tapped it with a finger to stir up and resuspend the unique version of Shimmer that he used.]
Hmmm, it won't take long, and it isn't something that I hide from those close to me.
[He lifted it and moved to set the metal cage unit around his eye. He fumbled to get the angle right, tipping his head back more or less in the process to line up the device with his mutilated eye. He paused, pulling it off of his face without pulling the trigger and shaking his head, casting a glance towards his lover.]
...Jinx normally performs this for me, so I'm mildly rusty at self-administration.
[Still, it had to be done, especially with her out of town for a few weeks. He shifted and moved to make another attempt.]