[He is, it's true, and as unbothered as he seems to be about the fact, he is paying close attention to the sorts of reactions he's getting, both verbally and otherwise. Fortunately he knows better than to demand that Emet-Selch get down. He'll suggest, sure, but he's the one treading in places he might not exactly be welcome, and demands aren't gonna do him any good if the plan is to keep things on relatively amicable terms. (Here mostly read: ones where he's not chased out - or worse - for being a gate-crasher.)
Not that he actually indicates any of that. Instead there's simply a half-nod as if to say 'fair enough.' It'll take a bit of work, perhaps, but he's not completely awful at being convincing even if he hasn't the silver tongue some of the other members of the Organization do.
That said, he's not going to stay on the ground either, and there's a brief pause before he hops neatly up onto a perch of his own. It's a somewhat impressive jump (not least of all because he's chosen a tree branch that had been a good foot and a half above his own head), but still well within the capabilities of, say, the average dragoon, even if he doesn't seem to have any sort of weapon on his person. (It's also still lower than Emet-Selch's own perch, and that is very much a deliberate choice on Xigbar's end.)
He takes a moment to get properly settled in, and only then does he speak up again.]
So. Does this place have a name, or is that the kind of answer I'm gonna have to earn?
[It's not accusatory. Just an unspoken acknowledgement of the fact that he's not really supposed to be here and isn't the intended audience either.]
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Not that he actually indicates any of that. Instead there's simply a half-nod as if to say 'fair enough.' It'll take a bit of work, perhaps, but he's not completely awful at being convincing even if he hasn't the silver tongue some of the other members of the Organization do.
That said, he's not going to stay on the ground either, and there's a brief pause before he hops neatly up onto a perch of his own. It's a somewhat impressive jump (not least of all because he's chosen a tree branch that had been a good foot and a half above his own head), but still well within the capabilities of, say, the average dragoon, even if he doesn't seem to have any sort of weapon on his person. (It's also still lower than Emet-Selch's own perch, and that is very much a deliberate choice on Xigbar's end.)
He takes a moment to get properly settled in, and only then does he speak up again.]
So. Does this place have a name, or is that the kind of answer I'm gonna have to earn?
[It's not accusatory. Just an unspoken acknowledgement of the fact that he's not really supposed to be here and isn't the intended audience either.]