[She sees it - anticipated it, although not as much as she should have, because she was so shaky at seeing him here at all. But she knew he'd do research.]
[There's still some power in being the first to say it aloud.]
They come back.
[As she says this, she watches him, knowing that he won't give anything away, but needing to watch anyway. Trying to determine whether this, here and now, is fox and rabbit or fox and wolf.]
[She is not the fox. But maybe death hardened her. She wants to find out.]
[After the space of a breath, she allows a tendril of casuality to curl around her again and sinks down into his patient's chair with a sigh.]
You need to be careful.
[The soft crease of concern between her brows, at the corners of her eyes, warring with the slight smile on her lips. Here, now, she's confident being contradictory.]
no subject
[There's still some power in being the first to say it aloud.]
They come back.
[As she says this, she watches him, knowing that he won't give anything away, but needing to watch anyway. Trying to determine whether this, here and now, is fox and rabbit or fox and wolf.]
[She is not the fox. But maybe death hardened her. She wants to find out.]
[After the space of a breath, she allows a tendril of casuality to curl around her again and sinks down into his patient's chair with a sigh.]
You need to be careful.
[The soft crease of concern between her brows, at the corners of her eyes, warring with the slight smile on her lips. Here, now, she's confident being contradictory.]