▌♚ viinter

               A little thrown by the boy’s strange behaviour, Elsa could only watched as he sat down on the only other chair in the room, besides the one at her desk. Why was he so at ease with a stranger, with imposing upon their space? She knew she wouldn’t be. As for the situation now, Elsa couldn’t say she was made particularly uneasy by his presence, though though neither did she feel entirely comfortable.

              “Uh…I- I could take you, if you want? To-to Callaghan’s office.“ His casual behaviour had somehow disarmed her usually frosty exterior, leaving her with almost no choice but to offer assistance. She doubted she would be able to work with someone else in her lab, anyway; she preferred working alone, and undisturbed.

♚ —— PALLID LIPS PULLED _{into a childish, yet genuine  
smile at her words as he swiftly pulled himself up from the chair, slowly 
rocking on his heels & nodding, knowing her would have to wait for her to
wind up her project or whatever she needed to do before taking him to the
office. He was in no hurry. & he inwardly hoped that she wasn’t helping him
even when she was too busy. He had meant it when he said he didn’t mind 
just waiting in her lab.}

             ❛ –— THAT’D BE GREAT… _{but if you’re in the 
                    middle of something crucial, I could wait… ❜}

_{casual vocables fell from his lips, a small shrug added for good measure
as he rested his back against the cool metallic door. He’d be lying if he
said he wasn’t surprised by her sudden willingness to help him, but he
wasn’t complaining either. Pale arms cross themselves in front of his
chest as crimson optics bore into her own,}

            ❛ –— WHAT ARE _{freshmen usually supposed to do ?
                   Will I get my own lab right away ? ❜}

mama's little pet.	❛ –— how many good boy points did i get, mama ? ❜ childhood verse; where he had been kidnapped when he was very young lives as the pet human of an abusive, influential ghoul called Big Madam, who he calls "mama", who regularly tortures him to lessen his ability to feel pain.
❛ –— hang in there ! hang in there ! don't let this end too soon ! ❜ scapper verse; where he works as a scapper in the ghoul restaurant, killing the "meals" bought to the stage to amuse influential ghouls. His sense of fear & morality disappears.	hang in there.
chaos in stitches.	❛ –— whether i live or die isn't that big a deal... ❜ default verse; where he is rescued & trained & joins the CCG, fighting with no other purpose but to exterminate the ones he is told to.
❛ –— i'll work hard, for your part as well. that is my salvation. ❜ post-timeskip verse; where he works hard to honor shinohara's sacrifice, fighting with that sole purpose in his mind. A sense of morality begins to slowly form within him.	fight with a purpose.