[the boy's whole expression suddenly clamps up; that single eye snaps to Gau, and then away again (something nervous, something hunted)]
[a sudden casualty is feigned (and a sudden impatience, which comes much more naturally to that quickfire mouth)]
-- No. That'd be stupid. Forget it, alright? Don't you gotta get up early to ace good boy school?
[his hand scratches a bit roughly at the lump of bandages across his nose (but all that mussed red hair conceals whatever's spooked him as much as it conceals whatever's on his face, beneath it)]
Re: action
[the boy's whole expression suddenly clamps up; that single eye snaps to Gau, and then away again (something nervous, something hunted)]
[a sudden casualty is feigned (and a sudden impatience, which comes much more naturally to that quickfire mouth)]
-- No. That'd be stupid. Forget it, alright? Don't you gotta get up early to ace good boy school?
[his hand scratches a bit roughly at the lump of bandages across his nose (but all that mussed red hair conceals whatever's spooked him as much as it conceals whatever's on his face, beneath it)]