He'd had his hood and mask off a few times, while Anders slept- even Altair had to eat sometimes, after all- had seen him then. Not that he'd say as much. But even without that, he had kindness in his voice and gentleness in his hands and light in his very being. Regardless of appearance, that was a true sort of beauty that mattered more than anything physical ever could.
"The way you treat people tells me everything I need to know. That's a sort of beauty that only a pretty face could never compare to."
He tilted his head.
"Besides, same could be said for me. I could be entirely gruesome under here- but you still sound plenty charmed by the compliment," Altair said, with a touch of laughter in his voice. Some genuine flirtation in there too, a subtle sort of tone beneath the amusement, but mostly it was lighthearted and playful.
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He'd had his hood and mask off a few times, while Anders slept- even Altair had to eat sometimes, after all- had seen him then. Not that he'd say as much. But even without that, he had kindness in his voice and gentleness in his hands and light in his very being. Regardless of appearance, that was a true sort of beauty that mattered more than anything physical ever could.
"The way you treat people tells me everything I need to know. That's a sort of beauty that only a pretty face could never compare to."
He tilted his head.
"Besides, same could be said for me. I could be entirely gruesome under here- but you still sound plenty charmed by the compliment," Altair said, with a touch of laughter in his voice. Some genuine flirtation in there too, a subtle sort of tone beneath the amusement, but mostly it was lighthearted and playful.
"I'm guessing you're blushing."