[Is the first word out of his mouth. It is an automatic reflex to return a greeting, as ingrained and natural as the knee jerk when hit with a rubber hammer or the instincts to flee from a librarian. It is not said with any inflection, it is not accompanied by the usual flash of military cemetery teeth in a smile, it is just there. Two letters, a single syllable, floating between them awkwardly.
And then he blushes, a sudden fiery red infusion of color in his cheeks. But he does not stop staring, he cannot seem to stop staring.]
I mean, ah, that is to say... scientifically speaking, uh, masturbation is a normal instinct for a sexually mature and healthy male. Or, not just a male, a person. Or not just a person, an entity, or something that identifies as having sexual urges. So you shouldn't be ashamed to be seen by me, another human male with the same reproductive organs. But there are children living in this house, children who do not have the same scientific understanding of the sexual needs of a body, and so you should... ah, maybe do that somewhere with a lock on the door. Maybe.
we should be ashamed
[Is the first word out of his mouth. It is an automatic reflex to return a greeting, as ingrained and natural as the knee jerk when hit with a rubber hammer or the instincts to flee from a librarian. It is not said with any inflection, it is not accompanied by the usual flash of military cemetery teeth in a smile, it is just there. Two letters, a single syllable, floating between them awkwardly.
And then he blushes, a sudden fiery red infusion of color in his cheeks. But he does not stop staring, he cannot seem to stop staring.]
I mean, ah, that is to say... scientifically speaking, uh, masturbation is a normal instinct for a sexually mature and healthy male. Or, not just a male, a person. Or not just a person, an entity, or something that identifies as having sexual urges. So you shouldn't be ashamed to be seen by me, another human male with the same reproductive organs. But there are children living in this house, children who do not have the same scientific understanding of the sexual needs of a body, and so you should... ah, maybe do that somewhere with a lock on the door. Maybe.