There’s the brief fleeting thought of have I made a huge mistake?, because there’s something so uniquely aggravating about handing control over to Verso in particular —
But he’s being polite, at least, and not rubbing it in too much (yet), and not maneuvering her like a human doll. Being somewhat demure, as much as a man like him can be. So Lune takes a breath and leans up on slight tiptoe and obligingly takes his shoulder, and his hand. Her palm is cool in his. Although her body language is stiff around him in a way that she very much isn’t around Sciel; there’s evidently another version of Lune which doesn’t mind casual unthinking affectionate touch, hands in hands, head tilted against a shoulder, and so it must be possible to find one’s way to that eventually.
Maybe it just takes time. And a bit less lying.
“Where did you rank as a waltzer before the Continent?” she asks. It’s an innocent enough question, prying into his pre-Fracture history without, she hopes, sinking her teeth too deep into the bone. Their time together on the Expedition has been such a delicate balancing act, seeing what details she can manage to subtly wring out of him.
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But he’s being polite, at least, and not rubbing it in too much (yet), and not maneuvering her like a human doll. Being somewhat demure, as much as a man like him can be. So Lune takes a breath and leans up on slight tiptoe and obligingly takes his shoulder, and his hand. Her palm is cool in his. Although her body language is stiff around him in a way that she very much isn’t around Sciel; there’s evidently another version of Lune which doesn’t mind casual unthinking affectionate touch, hands in hands, head tilted against a shoulder, and so it must be possible to find one’s way to that eventually.
Maybe it just takes time. And a bit less lying.
“Where did you rank as a waltzer before the Continent?” she asks. It’s an innocent enough question, prying into his pre-Fracture history without, she hopes, sinking her teeth too deep into the bone. Their time together on the Expedition has been such a delicate balancing act, seeing what details she can manage to subtly wring out of him.