( there's a stupid pleased laugh that escapes his lips when dex. is obviously spooked!! victory is his. the sheet gets pulled off a moment after, sword raising from it's sheath to knock down a few skeletons nearby.

rip skelly, his poor ribcage got sliced into pieces. )

Haha, got you!

( he is so pleased with himself. thank you dextera, for being the kind of dude who falls for the ghost-sheet stuff. but yuu's attention shifts onto the skellies, to cutting them down and leaving behind bones in his wake.

it's fun!! fighting is fun. even if it's easy stuff like this. )

Why are you out here chewing on bones anyway? ( idly, while hitting stuff. )

( there's a wrinkle of his nose, because that sounds gross thanks. but. whatever. dex can dex, that's fine. guren already said he trusts this dude and that he's coming home with them, so clearly his love of bones can't be absolutely terrible. )

How do your teeth chew through them?

( still better than his old mom, even if he's crushing bones in his hands and between his teeth. also: that's weird dude. but yuu just. takes a moment to look at the mess, before raising his shoulders in a shrug.

whatever, guren says he's cool. )

Oh, okay. Makes sense.

( no it doesn't?? )

Uh. ( wow what a difficult question. he can't say he's ever been asked something like this before?? )

No thanks. I think I'll stick to the nuts and berries and stuff people find around here. But thanks for offering?

Oh.

( with a uh. look down to dex's coat full of skellies. )

No problem, that was just for fun. I haven't gotten to seriously swing my sword at anything in like. . months.

Hahaha. . honestly, it's all I've been doing since forever.

( fighting. fighting for a place in the world, fighting to keep it. whether with a blade or his fists or his words. not having that's weird. )

So I don't really know what to do anymore.

How's that?

( it's quiet here. there's rarely anything to fight to the same extent there was back home. crowley's here, but he's kind of their side now so it counts less. the things there are to fight are--weakish. like these skellies. )

Oh, that's cool.

( is it really? probably not. but that's besides the point. it means there's stuff for him to do, at least? )

Are you strong?

Oh, that's okay!

( with a laugh and a hand raising up, palm out. )

Guren and I can protect you. I'm like, super strong, and fast, and I can see stuff really far away and hear stuff. . I guess Guren can too, since he's the same.

( dex has a lot more frame of references for knights than yuu does, given he was--eight when the whole world destroyed itself and his memories from before that point are horrendously fragmented.

it's fine, he understands it enough. )

I am technically a soldier.

( same thing basically, right? )

I don't really get how chess works.

( i'm so sorry, dex. )

Like you just move the pieces, right? Why do some pieces move less than others? Why can some do things the other ones can't? It's dumb.

It's too hard. There's so much to remember, and you've gotta like. . think ahead and stuff.

( yuu is good at many things but maybe not this. )