[They had the desired effect, her family and friends. Varian utterly adores garden variety Ruby, but he'd be lying if seeing her made up didn't give him all kinds of awkward teenage emotions.
The slippers are an interesting diversion from all of that, and a part of him wants to have at and try and work them out here and now. The slippers. Not the emotions. He stares at them on his workbench and his hands twitch.
He steels himself, takes a deep breath and turns away from them to give Ruby his full attention instead, offering a lopsided smile.]
Something we for sure need to test out... at a later date. We've got a better one to enjoy right now.
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The slippers are an interesting diversion from all of that, and a part of him wants to have at and try and work them out here and now. The slippers. Not the emotions. He stares at them on his workbench and his hands twitch.
He steels himself, takes a deep breath and turns away from them to give Ruby his full attention instead, offering a lopsided smile.]
Something we for sure need to test out... at a later date. We've got a better one to enjoy right now.