[gansey agrees with a nod. he's on the verge of asking percy what's wrong, but then percy smiles much more genuinely and gansey's not sure he wants to do anything to open that wound, whatever it is. plus, they barely know each other. is it rude to ask such a personal thing? in the end, he just reaches out and gives percy's should a squeeze and a little shake.]
It is quiet. But if it's that big...and it has to be huge, we might not be able to hear it. Or there might not be anything to hear. I think I remember reading that a blue whale's heart beats something like once every ten seconds, because they're so massive. Multiply that by however enormous the animal under us is...it could go years between something simple as a heartbeat. A heartbeat could take years, maybe. Biology wasn't my thing.
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[gansey agrees with a nod. he's on the verge of asking percy what's wrong, but then percy smiles much more genuinely and gansey's not sure he wants to do anything to open that wound, whatever it is. plus, they barely know each other. is it rude to ask such a personal thing? in the end, he just reaches out and gives percy's should a squeeze and a little shake.]
It is quiet. But if it's that big...and it has to be huge, we might not be able to hear it. Or there might not be anything to hear. I think I remember reading that a blue whale's heart beats something like once every ten seconds, because they're so massive. Multiply that by however enormous the animal under us is...it could go years between something simple as a heartbeat. A heartbeat could take years, maybe. Biology wasn't my thing.