[ That gets another snort of laughter, warm huff of breath. Her fingers spreading against her knees over the silks. They are matching her in her grey and blacks and golds, him and his grey and yellows. A fair couple is what they would gossip in the high levels of society. Like they were playing at proper gentility, he was a suitable distance from her, even if no one had introduced them formally.
But, what need of introduction did he of all people need to her? ]
No, you are as miserable at it as -
[ She swallows, sliding her eyes away from him again, her fingers clutching tightly at the material in the slightest infraction. Hidden, quickly so. There were eyes here, so many eyes, in the walls, the floor, the ceiling. Bearing down on them. Oh, she did not miss court. The sharp gaze is no different now.
To that end, she will not let them having anything else now, the scarce things she lets her care about and perhaps the only reason she's letting him speak to her at all. ] He is...?
no subject
But, what need of introduction did he of all people need to her? ]
No, you are as miserable at it as -
[ She swallows, sliding her eyes away from him again, her fingers clutching tightly at the material in the slightest infraction. Hidden, quickly so. There were eyes here, so many eyes, in the walls, the floor, the ceiling. Bearing down on them. Oh, she did not miss court. The sharp gaze is no different now.
To that end, she will not let them having anything else now, the scarce things she lets her care about and perhaps the only reason she's letting him speak to her at all. ] He is...?