Most of Sumeru wasn't even aware there was an emergency to begin with, so that point lacks merit.
[ He says, deadpan as ever, attention fixed on that slight falter at the end and the way Kaveh's gaze suddenly drops to his lap. Alhaitham finds himself wishing he had the ability to simply read the other man's thoughts; it'd certainly make it a lot easier to understand what's going on with him today—there has to be something else that's factoring into his ongoing crisis that hasn't been made evident yet, but surmising what it is just from watching his body language is getting more frustrating by the second.
Then Kaveh talks about cakes and Tighnari in the same sentence and Alhaitham falls into an uncharacteristic silence, the kind that stretches on long enough for it to be uncomfortable and makes the very air around them feel still and oppressive; almost like the pressure drop right before the coming storm. The gears in his head start to move, as if something is verge of slotting into place as he turns every word in their conversation up until now over in his head, analyzing them with this new information in mind.
Tighnari's birthday is in December so it definitely wasn't intended to congratulate him... and Kaveh had just launched into the historically inaccurate story behind the love cake entirely unprompted, for some reason, while completely sober. The romantic aspect of it means something to him; it's therefore not unreasonable to assume that he would give someone a cake with the intention of expressing certain sentiment toward the recipient.
Also... didn't Tighnari and Cyno make their relationship official recently? ]
...So that's what this is about, then? You're upset because you were too late in confessing your feelings for Tighnari. [ It doesn't show on his face, but something in his stomach churns at the thought, a tendril of jealousy rising in his chest. ]
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[ He says, deadpan as ever, attention fixed on that slight falter at the end and the way Kaveh's gaze suddenly drops to his lap. Alhaitham finds himself wishing he had the ability to simply read the other man's thoughts; it'd certainly make it a lot easier to understand what's going on with him today—there has to be something else that's factoring into his ongoing crisis that hasn't been made evident yet, but surmising what it is just from watching his body language is getting more frustrating by the second.
Then Kaveh talks about cakes and Tighnari in the same sentence and Alhaitham falls into an uncharacteristic silence, the kind that stretches on long enough for it to be uncomfortable and makes the very air around them feel still and oppressive; almost like the pressure drop right before the coming storm. The gears in his head start to move, as if something is verge of slotting into place as he turns every word in their conversation up until now over in his head, analyzing them with this new information in mind.
Tighnari's birthday is in December so it definitely wasn't intended to congratulate him... and Kaveh had just launched into the historically inaccurate story behind the love cake entirely unprompted, for some reason, while completely sober. The romantic aspect of it means something to him; it's therefore not unreasonable to assume that he would give someone a cake with the intention of expressing certain sentiment toward the recipient.
Also... didn't Tighnari and Cyno make their relationship official recently? ]
...So that's what this is about, then? You're upset because you were too late in confessing your feelings for Tighnari. [ It doesn't show on his face, but something in his stomach churns at the thought, a tendril of jealousy rising in his chest. ]