[ Though it would be easier to hold onto her and follow, he's perfectly capable of walking beside her without and perfectly happy to. More capable than he's letting on, to avoid suspicion. He'd explain another day - for now, he simply listens.
And what she says makes his brows furrow under the veils, his usual smile gone. ]
(Only a few days? Oh, my dear-) [ His small worries about topping things off with garlic are no more, the tone of his mental voice shifting with apology. ] (I've feel I've been insensitive. Tell me when to stop with the questions.)
[ He doesn't have any more to follow up with, not right away. Instead he continues to listen and follow, just a step behind so he can hear the crunch of sandy dust under her boots. It's difficult to disguise the string quartet now playing in his mind as anything but sympathetic, and the more he mulls her story over, the sadder the song becomes. ]
(Turned only a few days ago, a mysterious enemy arrives, you're whisked away here, and immediately attacked by someone now joined to you. I'll need to have a talk with Lakshmi...)
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And what she says makes his brows furrow under the veils, his usual smile gone. ]
(Only a few days? Oh, my dear-) [ His small worries about topping things off with garlic are no more, the tone of his mental voice shifting with apology. ] (I've feel I've been insensitive. Tell me when to stop with the questions.)
[ He doesn't have any more to follow up with, not right away. Instead he continues to listen and follow, just a step behind so he can hear the crunch of sandy dust under her boots. It's difficult to disguise the string quartet now playing in his mind as anything but sympathetic, and the more he mulls her story over, the sadder the song becomes. ]
(Turned only a few days ago, a mysterious enemy arrives, you're whisked away here, and immediately attacked by someone now joined to you. I'll need to have a talk with Lakshmi...)