[Kieran knows the need to make yourself as unnoticeable as possible all too well, even if the circumstances surrounding his shrinking tendencies were vastly different than Ben's.]
[As such, he doesn't hold any offense when Ben greets him with that brief nod, and he doesn't meet Ben's soft tone with anything less than full compassion. He gets it, bud.]
[Kieran places a comforting hand on Ben's shoulder, using it to guide him towards the barn. He offers another smile, one bigger than what he'd managed over the video feed.]
Yeah, this way. I use one to get up to my, uh, room.
['Room' is used loosely, but it's way better than his sleeping arrangements with the Van der Lindes. The barn, when the two enter, also looks and feels a lot homier than your standard ranch structure. There are tools scattered across a table tucked in the corner, strips of leather and scraps of metal strewn about as evidence of a project in the making. Horse stalls line the walls, and there are piles of fresh straw piled along the floor.]
[The ladder that Kieran alluded to just moments ago rests against a large notch in the barn rafters, and a quick glance will reveal a hammock hanging from the ceiling, along with another table and a couple of chairs nearby. Almost like a tiny bedroom, except open to a bird's eye view of everything going on below.]
[There's also a pretty sizable hole in the roof, but there are a couple of boards nailed along its edges--just another project that's underway.]
no subject
[As such, he doesn't hold any offense when Ben greets him with that brief nod, and he doesn't meet Ben's soft tone with anything less than full compassion. He gets it, bud.]
[Kieran places a comforting hand on Ben's shoulder, using it to guide him towards the barn. He offers another smile, one bigger than what he'd managed over the video feed.]
Yeah, this way. I use one to get up to my, uh, room.
['Room' is used loosely, but it's way better than his sleeping arrangements with the Van der Lindes. The barn, when the two enter, also looks and feels a lot homier than your standard ranch structure. There are tools scattered across a table tucked in the corner, strips of leather and scraps of metal strewn about as evidence of a project in the making. Horse stalls line the walls, and there are piles of fresh straw piled along the floor.]
[The ladder that Kieran alluded to just moments ago rests against a large notch in the barn rafters, and a quick glance will reveal a hammock hanging from the ceiling, along with another table and a couple of chairs nearby. Almost like a tiny bedroom, except open to a bird's eye view of everything going on below.]
[There's also a pretty sizable hole in the roof, but there are a couple of boards nailed along its edges--just another project that's underway.]