[Presses face against dress. The feeling of Rue's feathers is dulled thanks to his clothes, but he can still feel how they brush strangely against his shell and arms. Hmm. Each of Rue's wings makes it all the way around him and then some. ...tries to sneak a glance over his shoulder to see exactly how far. He could probably ballpark the length of the limb beneath the feathers by using his own dimensions as a base-
WAIT. He's being ADOPTED. Don't get distracted! He also cannot be adopted, because he has a father who he, presumably, loves and misses very much. Right. Okay. Yes. He got carried away there a bit, but Donatello obviously has a family with a father back home that he needs to get to. Rue is, of course, very important to him here and is...perhaps...part of his family, as it is, but it's not as if he can bring them home with him irrespective of not only how they would feel about it, but how that would work with cross-dimensional travel.
He will need to reassess his approach.]
Yes. Well. [Pulls back a little abruptly at this point, unable to look up at Rue's eyes as he shakes his limbs out as if freeing himself from the unfamiliar sensations. He'll be fine. That was necessary. Moreso it was...worth it.] Calling people we've met in this place 'family' does complicate matters, but there's nothing to be done about it. Obviously, you are likewise very important to myself and my brother as well, so.
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WAIT. He's being ADOPTED. Don't get distracted! He also cannot be adopted, because he has a father who he, presumably, loves and misses very much. Right. Okay. Yes. He got carried away there a bit, but Donatello obviously has a family with a father back home that he needs to get to. Rue is, of course, very important to him here and is...perhaps...part of his family, as it is, but it's not as if he can bring them home with him irrespective of not only how they would feel about it, but how that would work with cross-dimensional travel.
He will need to reassess his approach.]
Yes. Well. [Pulls back a little abruptly at this point, unable to look up at Rue's eyes as he shakes his limbs out as if freeing himself from the unfamiliar sensations. He'll be fine. That was necessary. Moreso it was...worth it.] Calling people we've met in this place 'family' does complicate matters, but there's nothing to be done about it. Obviously, you are likewise very important to myself and my brother as well, so.
...so, that's that.