[His panic softens as she speaks but he's still worried. Just yesterday she had crystals covering her arm and was acting strange and now this...
He wishes he knew who ran this place because he was ready to punch someone in the face for doing this to her.
Still, just because he knew that shifts were happening didn't mean he knew this was a shift.
Her question catches him off guard - throws him back to their first meeting when she was throwing books at him and looked so vibrant. In retrospect, she looked just like her mother but he hadn't made the connection at the time.]
Yes! [He blurts out, like he'd meant to answer her sooner but was too caught up in his own thoughts. It seems to break the spell on them both and his hands cradle the sides of her head - his fingers tangle through the matted blood in her hair and he winces. There's gotta be a nasty head wound to go with that, maybe that's why she's asking.]
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He wishes he knew who ran this place because he was ready to punch someone in the face for doing this to her.
Still, just because he knew that shifts were happening didn't mean he knew this was a shift.
Her question catches him off guard - throws him back to their first meeting when she was throwing books at him and looked so vibrant. In retrospect, she looked just like her mother but he hadn't made the connection at the time.]
Yes! [He blurts out, like he'd meant to answer her sooner but was too caught up in his own thoughts. It seems to break the spell on them both and his hands cradle the sides of her head - his fingers tangle through the matted blood in her hair and he winces. There's gotta be a nasty head wound to go with that, maybe that's why she's asking.]
Yes, I'm real just -- what happened to you?