Steve immediately regrets saying anything when Eomer's head whips around to glare at Gríma. "He hasn't said anything," he assures her in a low voice. They don't need to draw the man's attention any more than they have already. "Just glared. But it's like I said... there are stories where--when--I come from, and he seems like someone who would be bad news. Just a feeling."
He's relieved when she turns back to him, even when his question prompts her to pull his sleeve up and expose his strong forearm. He rolls the other one up for her so he can display them for her. "I don't have any, no, but I knew guys who did back in the army. There was a guy in basic training who had an eagle right here," he says, touching the center of his chest, "with its wingtips going out to his shoulders. It was carrying an American flag in one claw and a sword in the other. He was so proud of that thing, he'd show it off every chance he got."
When she begins to explain her tattoos to him, he leans in slightly and looks them over with interest. The part about shield maidens giving up the right to a family catches him off guard, but he decides not to pry. She might seem comfortable talking about it but he knows that's one of the subjects you tend to let lie until you're better acquainted. "Are any of them purely decorative or do they all have meanings?"
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Date: 2019-05-14 03:29 am (UTC)He's relieved when she turns back to him, even when his question prompts her to pull his sleeve up and expose his strong forearm. He rolls the other one up for her so he can display them for her. "I don't have any, no, but I knew guys who did back in the army. There was a guy in basic training who had an eagle right here," he says, touching the center of his chest, "with its wingtips going out to his shoulders. It was carrying an American flag in one claw and a sword in the other. He was so proud of that thing, he'd show it off every chance he got."
When she begins to explain her tattoos to him, he leans in slightly and looks them over with interest. The part about shield maidens giving up the right to a family catches him off guard, but he decides not to pry. She might seem comfortable talking about it but he knows that's one of the subjects you tend to let lie until you're better acquainted. "Are any of them purely decorative or do they all have meanings?"