Galahad hugs back, lifting Magnus off his feet -- maybe there are some things he likes about his own body, and the strength to do something like this is one.
They spend the next hour or so pulling outfits. It's a luxurious experience; Galahad has gotten plenty of clothes from the mansions closets for himself, but Magnus chooses more extravagantly and knows about more kinds of fabrics and styles, and he's constantly pulling things Galahad wants to touch and wear, things he wants to wear for Claudius. Galahad is aware that clothes are for affecting other people as much as for one's own pleasure (how could he not, living with Claudius, watching him so closely?), but his choices have tended to be focused. Other than at the dance, when Shen Yuan helped him dress, he hasn't tried to pick clothes with Claudius in mind. Now he has a much more vivid idea of what things he would like to wear to be admired in, to see whether he could make Claudius as speechless and overwhelmed as he was by the skinny jeans and t-shirt.
He also loves choosing for Magnus. There's an element of science to this, too: he has to take what he knows about Magnus, what he's observed and what Magnus has told him, and create clothes based on that knowledge. It's like creating a hypothesis from the given facts, and the experiment is whether he's right. He doesn't mind when Magnus doesn't like something he picked; it's more data. He loves the feeling of pride and satisfaction when he chooses well.
Eventually, though, Drosera wakes and comes off the bed to nip at their heels. She's bored and hungry and unwilling to be ignored. After they feed her a quick snack of raw fish, Galahad asks, "Do you still want to cut off your toe today?"
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They spend the next hour or so pulling outfits. It's a luxurious experience; Galahad has gotten plenty of clothes from the mansions closets for himself, but Magnus chooses more extravagantly and knows about more kinds of fabrics and styles, and he's constantly pulling things Galahad wants to touch and wear, things he wants to wear for Claudius. Galahad is aware that clothes are for affecting other people as much as for one's own pleasure (how could he not, living with Claudius, watching him so closely?), but his choices have tended to be focused. Other than at the dance, when Shen Yuan helped him dress, he hasn't tried to pick clothes with Claudius in mind. Now he has a much more vivid idea of what things he would like to wear to be admired in, to see whether he could make Claudius as speechless and overwhelmed as he was by the skinny jeans and t-shirt.
He also loves choosing for Magnus. There's an element of science to this, too: he has to take what he knows about Magnus, what he's observed and what Magnus has told him, and create clothes based on that knowledge. It's like creating a hypothesis from the given facts, and the experiment is whether he's right. He doesn't mind when Magnus doesn't like something he picked; it's more data. He loves the feeling of pride and satisfaction when he chooses well.
Eventually, though, Drosera wakes and comes off the bed to nip at their heels. She's bored and hungry and unwilling to be ignored. After they feed her a quick snack of raw fish, Galahad asks, "Do you still want to cut off your toe today?"