[That got one of his eyes slitting open to grin at Max, but at least the other man seemed genuine and wasn't doing all this in an effort to prank him. But he slipped back into that state of relaxed, feeling another presence that wasn't Max's lingering just outside the periphery of his subconsciousness.
The presence was... comforting, but wary at once, though he made no move to push forward, just had a look back out of curiosity]
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[That got one of his eyes slitting open to grin at Max, but at least the other man seemed genuine and wasn't doing all this in an effort to prank him. But he slipped back into that state of relaxed, feeling another presence that wasn't Max's lingering just outside the periphery of his subconsciousness.
The presence was... comforting, but wary at once, though he made no move to push forward, just had a look back out of curiosity]