[There it is. 'Friend.' It means more to Justice to be called that than most mortals can understand. Spirits don't have friends in the Fade, but he is not in the Fade, and mortals have friends and they have made him a friend. It's confusing, and it has implications he doesn't quite grasp, but there is also something undeniably pleasant about it, something that makes him warm and soft inside, and the sensation should be infuriating but it's actually... nice. He doesn't know how to put that into words.]
A decade?
[That is... a lot of time for a mortal, isn't it? Mortals only have about seven to eight decades in ideal circumstances, he's been told. Had he blinked and missed an eighth of Anders' life? The furrow in his brow deepens as he finally takes a moment to pay attention to Anders' physical appearance. There are more lines than Justice remembers. Frowning lines around the eyes and brow, not smile lines like he might have expected. Anders' face is thinner. Anders' everything is thinner. The difference is dramatic now that he's looking. That's not healthy, is it? He's pretty sure that's not healthy. Kristoff's memories say that's not healthy, at least.]
Time isn't meant to twist that way in the mortal world, is it? [The perpetual frown becomes a cross between scolding and concerned.] Shouldn't you be bigger?
[By that, he means, 'shouldn't you be heavier?' Anders, you are a mortal. You should eat more. You are too skinny and Kristoff's memories are telling Justice that he should be worried.]
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A decade?
[That is... a lot of time for a mortal, isn't it? Mortals only have about seven to eight decades in ideal circumstances, he's been told. Had he blinked and missed an eighth of Anders' life? The furrow in his brow deepens as he finally takes a moment to pay attention to Anders' physical appearance. There are more lines than Justice remembers. Frowning lines around the eyes and brow, not smile lines like he might have expected. Anders' face is thinner. Anders' everything is thinner. The difference is dramatic now that he's looking. That's not healthy, is it? He's pretty sure that's not healthy. Kristoff's memories say that's not healthy, at least.]
Time isn't meant to twist that way in the mortal world, is it? [The perpetual frown becomes a cross between scolding and concerned.] Shouldn't you be bigger?
[By that, he means, 'shouldn't you be heavier?' Anders, you are a mortal. You should eat more. You are too skinny and Kristoff's memories are telling Justice that he should be worried.]