Generosity. I wouldn't want you to feel like you are getting less - you're my guest, and I promise there is more of anything. I confess, though, I'm not sure how to manage the biscuits...!

[plates will be hard to hold, biscuits hard to pick up. He might have to think of something else in the future. A gentle smile, though, as he sets down the cup for Gokudera.]

My moon sometimes gives a... nervousness that gets the better of me, from time to time. I hadn't anticipated it the first few times I was outside - I'm not used to wandering alone in the first place - and I found myself bolting from loud noises to shelter myself. It is... easier for me in my own home

[and it's easier to speak as he pours his own tea. He would wish to wait for Gokudera's approval, but he's not sure the boy would like to be stared at, so it serves as a decent enough distraction as well.]

Mmm.

[a little nod, setting down the pot and reaching to add sugar]

The homes here - these apartments - they are largely for two or more, when one first arrives. But not many of those I have known have stayed an extended period of time. Those who have... they have their own friends from home. I would not intrude on that...

[sitting back on his heels a moment]

So I managed to find myself somewhere. I was raised in a large house, so it's strange to not always have someone I may talk to. But I'm proud to have a home of my own - it's not something I've had before.

...is it all right?

It's not. I miss having others around me, just someone to talk to and share with at the end of the day. Not to say it has to... come to me, as it were - I don't mind being out among people; it's not a freedom I ever had before. But when my moon makes me as I am...

[a little gesture to his surroundings before he settles into a chair himself]

...it is easier to be at home. It's simple and small but it is better than being startled out in public and taking off before my wits can catch up to me!

[...he may give the impression that this has happened at least once before, though it is likely quite at odds with what Gokudera has seen of Linneus thus far.

Rewording his question from earlier-]

Is the coffee all right?

Mmm - maybe not all the time, but during the moons, yes.

[he nods with the acknowledgement that the coffee is acceptable - he can be 'off-duty' for a moment, then, sliding his feet from his slippers and bringing them up to one side as he settles with his cup]

I confess, I tend to struggle with surprises in the first place, but the moons make me quite headless about it. I promise I've decent enough sense not to make an absolute exhibition of myself otherwise...!

You said 'couch potato'? I know the words, but I don't know this term...

[a small gesture about them]

Well, it took a little time for it to get this way. I was somewhat afraid to settle in, at first - that's me, not my moon. But I've grown more comfortable here over time. Owning my own home, my own things...

[there is still a part of him that fears it being taken away - all of it being taken away. But if he lets that part stop him from enjoying being free... what point is there to his being here?]

Oh - I think I understand. [lounging about, hence the couch.] Though I'm not entirely sure how the potato is involved...

[but this is just one in a long line of strange new colloquialisms - he's quite confused, but hardly taking it to heart]

[that makes him laugh a bit]

Ah - yes, perhaps a little. Though I promise I don't usually bolt at the slightest surprise!

[hiding a smile with his teacup as Gokudera picks up his tail again. All right, so it wasn't just a convenient means to keep it out of the way earlier...]

I see. Such a curious turn of phrase...! Though surely anything can more if it's pushed hard enough?

I suppose we could call it that.

[Linneus isn't sure he considers the embarrassment an enhancement...!]

Couch scissors. [that does earn some real laughter, though, setting his cup aside] Harmless at rest but pointy if provoked?