[ Her hand vanished under his, a gesture that took her off guard. It was a moment before she realized he was concealing the damage from onlookers. She played along. Relaxing her grip could loosen some broken pieces to the floor. Another SIN guard had just entered the car and she was in no mood to fight her way out of a moving train over some minor vandalism.
It annoyed her, too, that the man she'd just met seemed to intuit exactly what set her off. Her fault, not his. ]
It's fine. [ Absolutely nothing is fine. It's just a lie she wants to hear, a conduit for her breath or she might not release it. ] People get sent back. [ It was as if she was just now hearing that part of his sentence. Her gaze had become unmoored; she blinked and brought it back to him. ] Why? What happens?
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It annoyed her, too, that the man she'd just met seemed to intuit exactly what set her off. Her fault, not his. ]
It's fine. [ Absolutely nothing is fine. It's just a lie she wants to hear, a conduit for her breath or she might not release it. ] People get sent back. [ It was as if she was just now hearing that part of his sentence. Her gaze had become unmoored; she blinked and brought it back to him. ] Why? What happens?