Nicknames? ( He frowns, because while Ratio hasn't shied away from chastising him with 'gambler' when he holds out on the other man, it's not one of the names he's been loudly repeating over and over again. Aventurine, of course, but then--
Oh.
One of Aventurine's hands goes to wrap around Ratio's wrist, grip tight. Someone knows his name; he does not blame Veritas for it, because there is nothing more satisfying to Aventurine than to hear Kakavasha said with pleasure and love. But someone knows it, and they don't know what it means, and the good natured smile and ease with which Aventurine carries himself sharpens, frozen on his face as he pushes through the panic. It's fine, he tells himself, because if Taryon thinks it's a nickname that the doctor uses for him then he won't use it himself, and he won't tell anyone it either. )
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Oh.
One of Aventurine's hands goes to wrap around Ratio's wrist, grip tight. Someone knows his name; he does not blame Veritas for it, because there is nothing more satisfying to Aventurine than to hear Kakavasha said with pleasure and love. But someone knows it, and they don't know what it means, and the good natured smile and ease with which Aventurine carries himself sharpens, frozen on his face as he pushes through the panic. It's fine, he tells himself, because if Taryon thinks it's a nickname that the doctor uses for him then he won't use it himself, and he won't tell anyone it either. )
Understood.