As many as you need, [ he answers easily (and quietly, yes, he knows how to be quiet!) before he actually does shut up, bouncing silently up and down on his feet like standing still and not talking is too much for him, actually.
the hand pressed against his chest does help, though, and to distract himself, he brings up his own hand, grabs a hold of junpei's sleeve so he can look at the fish pattern in more detail, though being careful not to distract him from the momentous task of fish-catching.
and when junpei finally gets eyebrows the fish, charles actually whoops in genuine delight. ] You did! Mate, that was brills. [ letting go of his sleeve, he throws his arm around junpei's shoulders and draws him into a side-hug... carefully, though, as not to jostle him and the hard-won fish too much. ]
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the hand pressed against his chest does help, though, and to distract himself, he brings up his own hand, grabs a hold of junpei's sleeve so he can look at the fish pattern in more detail, though being careful not to distract him from the momentous task of fish-catching.
and when junpei finally gets eyebrows the fish, charles actually whoops in genuine delight. ] You did! Mate, that was brills. [ letting go of his sleeve, he throws his arm around junpei's shoulders and draws him into a side-hug... carefully, though, as not to jostle him and the hard-won fish too much. ]