[ It would be a difficult thing to live in close quarters with someone and not take note of small changes in a person. This effect was only magnified with someone like Yuri, who naturally minded everyone around them, from their preferences and predilictions to the developments in their lives. He knew every Abyssian with a level of familiarity no general could boast of.
And Byleth... His house was a single room. It was impossible not to notice some oddities about his personal grooming. At the same time, the effort to keep those developments private was enough to render him hesitant to inquire. The lot of it seemed harmless enough, save that Yuri believed there was a low-simmering frustration building there. That took him longer to pick up on than he would have liked, straight-faced as Byleth so often was.
There was a point at which he would have to ask, and it came one evening as he was setting up provisions for the next day. Byleth was an earlier riser than Yuri naturally was, so it was easiest to have as much ready in advance as he could manage. There wasn't enough kitchen prep in the world to ignore a man sitting there sawing away at his hair, however. ]
Think you might want a hand with that? I'm starting to suspect my blades are sharper than yours.
[ He spoke up as he packed food away for the next day, keeping his eyes on this task. It was an odd situation to be in, but then, all of this was odd, wasn't it? ]
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And Byleth... His house was a single room. It was impossible not to notice some oddities about his personal grooming. At the same time, the effort to keep those developments private was enough to render him hesitant to inquire. The lot of it seemed harmless enough, save that Yuri believed there was a low-simmering frustration building there. That took him longer to pick up on than he would have liked, straight-faced as Byleth so often was.
There was a point at which he would have to ask, and it came one evening as he was setting up provisions for the next day. Byleth was an earlier riser than Yuri naturally was, so it was easiest to have as much ready in advance as he could manage. There wasn't enough kitchen prep in the world to ignore a man sitting there sawing away at his hair, however. ]
Think you might want a hand with that? I'm starting to suspect my blades are sharper than yours.
[ He spoke up as he packed food away for the next day, keeping his eyes on this task. It was an odd situation to be in, but then, all of this was odd, wasn't it? ]