（ look he roots for the toronto maple leafs, he has zero room to talk shit about sports. but it's said in that affectionate tone that most sports fans understand to be meant playfully. we don't talk about the vancouver stanley cup riots of 2011. ）
Guitar callouses are a bitch. May I?
（ he gestures for stiles to lift his hands up, and then slides his palms beneath the backs of them, thumb working across stiles' palms as he performs a dutiful examination, like a fortune teller at their trade. the boy has long, slender fingers — dexterity and cleverness are laid in every line, short nails that might be bitten for how near the quick they are. something in the deftness there make him think of the susurration of wings. ）
Well, I can say you've got the hands for it. The callouses show up here — （ a playful little 'snap' of his thumb and forefinger against the pad at the very tip of stiles' index finger on down to the pinky. ） Easier with nylon strings than steel ones. You can condition yourself with, ah... something about the width of a credit card, some people use picks. Press your fingers down against the edge. Not enough to hurt, we ain't gonna fuck with masochism in the name of music. You'll need 'em more on the left — fretting hand — than the right. Any questions?
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（ look he roots for the toronto maple leafs, he has zero room to talk shit about sports. but it's said in that affectionate tone that most sports fans understand to be meant playfully. we don't talk about the vancouver stanley cup riots of 2011. ）
Guitar callouses are a bitch. May I?
（ he gestures for stiles to lift his hands up, and then slides his palms beneath the backs of them, thumb working across stiles' palms as he performs a dutiful examination, like a fortune teller at their trade. the boy has long, slender fingers — dexterity and cleverness are laid in every line, short nails that might be bitten for how near the quick they are. something in the deftness there make him think of the susurration of wings. ）
Well, I can say you've got the hands for it. The callouses show up here — （ a playful little 'snap' of his thumb and forefinger against the pad at the very tip of stiles' index finger on down to the pinky. ） Easier with nylon strings than steel ones. You can condition yourself with, ah... something about the width of a credit card, some people use picks. Press your fingers down against the edge. Not enough to hurt, we ain't gonna fuck with masochism in the name of music. You'll need 'em more on the left — fretting hand — than the right. Any questions?