[ he can feel her eyes move down to his leg. can feel her looking over it, considering the same thing he should have considered the first step out of his room. how is it possible, what magic could it be. he does not react to her looking, though after a brief moment he does catch her smile, the smile she gives him upon seeing it.
that smile.
it's a swell of a feeling, seeing it again. seeing it directed towards him. it catches him momentarily off-guard, a bright flash through the haze, before her voice brings him back again. come on as her hand wraps around his arm. and kaz lets her, stepping through the threshold with her. he doesn't so much as tense at her hand, and they walk towards the stairs together. he doesn't miss the same feeling she has, a momentary brush of familiarity. like jesper should be around the corner, like anika will be sitting at one of the tables, gossiping. ]
Test what? [ he asks, but he's already moving up the stairs, heading towards his room with inej at his back. ] Something you found? Or something from the witch? [ and he will lead her directly there, up the stairs and down the hall, stepping back into the room he'd been so quick to vacate that much earlier in the day. ]
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that smile.
it's a swell of a feeling, seeing it again. seeing it directed towards him. it catches him momentarily off-guard, a bright flash through the haze, before her voice brings him back again. come on as her hand wraps around his arm. and kaz lets her, stepping through the threshold with her. he doesn't so much as tense at her hand, and they walk towards the stairs together. he doesn't miss the same feeling she has, a momentary brush of familiarity. like jesper should be around the corner, like anika will be sitting at one of the tables, gossiping. ]
Test what? [ he asks, but he's already moving up the stairs, heading towards his room with inej at his back. ] Something you found? Or something from the witch? [ and he will lead her directly there, up the stairs and down the hall, stepping back into the room he'd been so quick to vacate that much earlier in the day. ]