It's pleasant to listen to the smallness of it as Magnus describes it. He loves watching other people sign -- when Magnus does it, it's like the way he talks, quick, unspooling his thoughts as they come to him, correcting or changing as he learns more, like watching water rush down a fall of rocks. Shen Yuan is more measured, but often there's a playfulness to his hands, sometimes self-deprecating, often relaxed, and graceful, above all, as if the body he inhabits can't help bringing a sense of dignity in spite of Shen Yuan's friendly nature. The two contrasts always feel present. Claudius signs the way he talks, with flourishes, with teases, with hidden meanings that Galahad can read more easily when they're hinted at by fingers rather than expressions. Even his signs carry the emphasis he likes to lay on words.
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He watches Magnus' hands and feels peaceful.