[ dextera knows rituals. it was a ritual that destroyed his world, apparently, long before this dream suggested an even more finite destruction.
when he’s addressed, he averts his gaze and nervously scratches the dry cracker he was holding with the blunt nail on his thumb, until it breaks and leaves crumbs in his lap. there are a lot of things he thinks about rituals and he has no way to communicate any of them. the time spent destroying the cracker was, however, time spent thinking. ]
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[ he makes the sign of the cross, a lackluster catch-all in this case for something religious. ]
III
when he’s addressed, he averts his gaze and nervously scratches the dry cracker he was holding with the blunt nail on his thumb, until it breaks and leaves crumbs in his lap. there are a lot of things he thinks about rituals and he has no way to communicate any of them. the time spent destroying the cracker was, however, time spent thinking. ]
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[ he makes the sign of the cross, a lackluster catch-all in this case for something religious. ]