[And just like that, there are...canines. Canines everywhere. It is, in short, overwhelming...and at first the most Legosi can do is remain seated where he is on the soft bench with the Poochyena getting increasingly curious about his interesting smell while the Lycanroc pair and Arcanine have no problem getting up close and personal.
Like when he saw Precious on the Gear, it immediately triggers something viscerally instinctive in him that hadn't gone away despite his body physically changing. And while these Pokemon may not be familiar to Legosi in the same way his friends might, it's the first canine interaction he's really had since this whole experience began. He's seen rabbits, bugs, even living plants, but...
He shifts forward, suddenly sliding off the bench entirely onto his knees on the linoleum. He's tall enough that he's still more-or-less at eye level with the tallest of the group, and with one hand still holding the Poochyena securely in his lap, he reaches his other out and lets it burrow into Rex's fluffy mane. It's easier for the Pokemon to crowd around him in this way, and for him to offer the same greeting in kind.
Namely, by sniffing them. Which might seem...really fucking weird??? But it's happening, Legosi trying his best to keep contact with all of them that are receptive to it.]
Ah...ah...Rex, Precious...
[His throat flexes, and for a wild instance he's afraid that he might start crying. He doesn't, but he can feel it threatening to come with a heated burn at the back of his eyes.]
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Like when he saw Precious on the Gear, it immediately triggers something viscerally instinctive in him that hadn't gone away despite his body physically changing. And while these Pokemon may not be familiar to Legosi in the same way his friends might, it's the first canine interaction he's really had since this whole experience began. He's seen rabbits, bugs, even living plants, but...
He shifts forward, suddenly sliding off the bench entirely onto his knees on the linoleum. He's tall enough that he's still more-or-less at eye level with the tallest of the group, and with one hand still holding the Poochyena securely in his lap, he reaches his other out and lets it burrow into Rex's fluffy mane. It's easier for the Pokemon to crowd around him in this way, and for him to offer the same greeting in kind.
Namely, by sniffing them. Which might seem...really fucking weird??? But it's happening, Legosi trying his best to keep contact with all of them that are receptive to it.]
Ah...ah...Rex, Precious...
[His throat flexes, and for a wild instance he's afraid that he might start crying. He doesn't, but he can feel it threatening to come with a heated burn at the back of his eyes.]