[ there it is, that tone aerith uses when she's mad at him and pretending she isn't. she has every right to be, by every measure tseng can think of—sector 7 crushed beneath tons of smoldering steel, aerith herself delivered into hojo's greedy hands. it's right that she be angry with him. better this way, than seeing her crushed beneath the rubble too.
tseng lifts both hands, palm out, a universal gesture of conciliation. he isn't wearing his usual suit, nor the leather gloves that accompany it, although it's unlikely that he cuts a less imposing figure for the casualness of jeans and a t-shirt. another way in which aerith is right: tseng doesn't put his hands on her unless he's making her go somewhere. and now he's likely about to do exactly that, once more. ]
Hm. [ he meets aerith's gaze, holds it for a moment and lifts his eyebrows just slightly, trying to get her to understand his message: we're going to have to act this out somehow, or neither of us will be going anywhere. ] That you don't know what my hands can do doesn't mean I don't.
[ the women in the paintings giggle, which tseng takes to mean that his tone—low, suggestive—has landed the way he hoped it would. ]
shakes your hand this is so fine! we are both so normal!
tseng lifts both hands, palm out, a universal gesture of conciliation. he isn't wearing his usual suit, nor the leather gloves that accompany it, although it's unlikely that he cuts a less imposing figure for the casualness of jeans and a t-shirt. another way in which aerith is right: tseng doesn't put his hands on her unless he's making her go somewhere. and now he's likely about to do exactly that, once more. ]
Hm. [ he meets aerith's gaze, holds it for a moment and lifts his eyebrows just slightly, trying to get her to understand his message: we're going to have to act this out somehow, or neither of us will be going anywhere. ] That you don't know what my hands can do doesn't mean I don't.
[ the women in the paintings giggle, which tseng takes to mean that his tone—low, suggestive—has landed the way he hoped it would. ]