Luckily for Lambert, it works, and luckily for the technician, he won't give chase. It's more important to attend to Steven right now, and how obviously scared and injured he is. He'll wait for a few seconds listening to the technician run away, keeping a careful ear out for the sound of any returning footsteps that might indicate they've found their courage again, but only when he's gone will he turn back to Steven.
"Steven--" he begins to say, in a cadence that's far less Ignatius-like, only to pause when the -- well, he never actually fucking knew what Stumpy is, just that she's Peridot's -- comes between him and the boy. It's genuinely tempting to shove her out of the way, but he remembers that sudden spray of water from earlier and 1. the technician falling on his ass was sort of useful, 2. she was obviously trying to protect Steven ... and if she's here, it must mean Peridot sent her with Steven. He doubts she can do him any real damage, but all the same, he grunts and shapeshifts into his least threatening form right now.
Which is, for better or worse, Alolan Childermass, which mostly means a very dour looking Englishman in a shirt with purple flowers on it.
"Steven," Lambert repeats again, this time in Childermass's low rumbling tone. "It's Lambert. This is just an illusion." He crouches to put the sword down -- coincidentally a position that lets him reach out to offer a hand to Yuya, since the paralysis ought to be wearing off by now. Also, Yuya just generally seems like he's better at dealing with emotional things in general, so maybe if he can get him up on his feet he'll make the correct noises to calm Steven down so Lambert doesn't have to ask inane questions with stupidly obvious answers like 'Are you okay?' when he fucking isn't.
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Luckily for Lambert, it works, and luckily for the technician, he won't give chase. It's more important to attend to Steven right now, and how obviously scared and injured he is. He'll wait for a few seconds listening to the technician run away, keeping a careful ear out for the sound of any returning footsteps that might indicate they've found their courage again, but only when he's gone will he turn back to Steven.
"Steven--" he begins to say, in a cadence that's far less Ignatius-like, only to pause when the -- well, he never actually fucking knew what Stumpy is, just that she's Peridot's -- comes between him and the boy. It's genuinely tempting to shove her out of the way, but he remembers that sudden spray of water from earlier and 1. the technician falling on his ass was sort of useful, 2. she was obviously trying to protect Steven ... and if she's here, it must mean Peridot sent her with Steven. He doubts she can do him any real damage, but all the same, he grunts and shapeshifts into his least threatening form right now.
Which is, for better or worse, Alolan Childermass, which mostly means a very dour looking Englishman in a shirt with purple flowers on it.
"Steven," Lambert repeats again, this time in Childermass's low rumbling tone. "It's Lambert. This is just an illusion." He crouches to put the sword down -- coincidentally a position that lets him reach out to offer a hand to Yuya, since the paralysis ought to be wearing off by now. Also, Yuya just generally seems like he's better at dealing with emotional things in general, so maybe if he can get him up on his feet he'll make the correct noises to calm Steven down so Lambert doesn't have to ask inane questions with stupidly obvious answers like 'Are you okay?' when he fucking isn't.