[Maxie had been crouching down, preparing to get up again if it would be appropriate to do so, but at the sound of the response he shifts position, sitting on the ground and resettling, one of his legs drawn up to his chest. He leans forward a bit, linking his fingers loosely around the front of his knee, though he remains well within Archie's line of sight; the smirk he's offering is a bitter one.]
Didn't think I would miss this, did you? Even if it was fairly terrible, and I can't say I blame you.
[Though his words are casual, there are signs that his thoughts are running quite the opposite. A heavy tension in his posture, the fact that his eyes are immensely dilated and overly alert...there's some definite stress there, but he's covering it as best he can for now.]
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Didn't think I would miss this, did you? Even if it was fairly terrible, and I can't say I blame you.
[Though his words are casual, there are signs that his thoughts are running quite the opposite. A heavy tension in his posture, the fact that his eyes are immensely dilated and overly alert...there's some definite stress there, but he's covering it as best he can for now.]