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[Left alone, without outside interference, not even Christmas festivities disturbing him, and with a whole lot more power than he would ever possibly have naturally Even has gotten quite comfortable with his little 'living arrangement.' Enough so that he's walking around in the residential areas hand in hand with Ienzo.

You see, Ienzo wasn't fotunate enough to have been sent home when he disappeared from the DR (In so much as considering what going 'home' entails for him may be considered remotely fortunate at all.)

He was taken.

For six months he's had no one but Even for company. Not that you'd know by just looking at him, still being undead his physical appearance can't change, so he still seems the same as he did last year.
Even on the other hand looks very different. Looking more like a regular Even or Vexen now, and not stuck in a perpetual stress-moult.

Admittedly since it's after nightfall it's not nearly as bold as if he'd chosen to do so during the day, but Even's at least retained enough sense not to take a vampire out in the sun. ]

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[Just remember, Even. That there's more than one Vampire in the Dressing room. And while this one's hiding in the shadows somewhere, he is watching you very carefully.

If he gets the feeling that little Ienzo's shouldn't be with Even, he'll step in and put a stop to it.]

[Well, to tell that, it would largely depend on just how deeply he can really look at the situation.

To an emotion reader it'd be blown open easily, to a mind reader, well, the nature of the blood they share right now would probably just harm the the reader rather than provide anything resembling enlightenment, an average person probably wouldn't see anything wrong at all.

After all, Even's had a lot of practice at posing as a dad when he's not immediately 'interested' and all he really wanted here was to take Ienzo out to play in the snow. ~~If it would stay just playing in the snow is undetermined.~~

On the other hand, Ienzo's movements aren't quite as natural as they could be. Though it could be attributed to being a moving corpse or not being quite as 'in' his actions as someone who actually means theirs might be.
Or just as easily left entirely unnoticed due to an untrained or non-observant eye.

~~Left undisturbed though it might have a chance to go from subtle oddness to blatantly spelled out honestly fucked upness...~~]

[He can't read minds or emotions or anything like that, but he is very good at reading body language.

He can also be patient enough during a hunt to stick around and keep an eye on them. Even if nothing seems out of place at the moment, it just doesn't feel right to him :|]

[~~Which is a good thing because even if mind reading wasn't hilariously dangerous in this situation, jacking one's mind into a hivemind of utter madness surely can't be good for it.~~

Given time to find a good patch of snow for playing and time for 'playing' to go too far will take a while, so a good deal of patience is probably necessary.

At the beginning a lot of the playing may seem kind of stilted or forced, but given a bit the kid relaxes and the games seem more natural, even enjoyed.

At least up until the kid is kissed on the lips, (what kind of parent does that?) then Ienzo just goes quite still for a moment.]

[It only takes a full three seconds for him to get over the shock/disgust, come out of hiding and yank Even back by his hair with a snarl.]

[Even lets out a yelp sounding almost exactly like a kicked dog.

With a neat little perfect storm of circumstance that makes his instinctual reactions hostile rather than submissive, instead of the usual (metaphorical) going limp and showing throat he twists and tries to throw a punch with all that ghoulish strength he's picked up from drinking vampire blood.

Ienzo's just going to make himself small as possible for now, but his beast might decide on a different course of action later should something trigger it.]

[Too bad for Even that Roxas is a natural fighter. Or, a natural killer, one might say.

And being a strength type of his kind of Vampire doesn't hurt either.

He's going to swiftly step to the side of that punch, grabbing his wrist midstep and twisting Even's arm hard, using the angle as he steps to put even more strain on the arm.]

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Oh man this is so late ;;