[They can't precisely claim to understand why it is he starts to laugh - and it takes them a moment longer to pinpoint the sound as such, and not as an imminent coughing fit. It does not seem to be the least bit mean-spirited, not that it would particularly bother them if it were.]
[The fact that he's endured their presence for this long is a miracle in and of itself. The Drifter's eyes pinch slightly into dark crescents, and they lift one gloved hand with its almost clawlike fingers. Extend the thumb and the forefinger into a vague U-shape that they hold just in front of their mantle.]
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[The fact that he's endured their presence for this long is a miracle in and of itself. The Drifter's eyes pinch slightly into dark crescents, and they lift one gloved hand with its almost clawlike fingers. Extend the thumb and the forefinger into a vague U-shape that they hold just in front of their mantle.]
[They're smiling. See?]