[ She'd known it, hadn't she? She had to have known it, really. You don't wake up naked in a forest with absolutely no warning and just happen to have left your jewelry in the dirt. No sign of her pillow or her sheets, no sign of her pyjamas, so why would there be any sign of her fucking—
It still takes the breath from her for a second. She covers it about as well as she can, choking back the lungful of air that would like very much to be a scream as she stares into some middle-distance nowhere, teeth clamped, jaw tight.
In the end, the woman is he best distraction she has. She can't crumble here. First contact is as crucial as it ever was. No room for stupidity, especially when it's been decades since she last did this. ]
Ava. Forgive me, this wasn't exactly a scheduled trip.
[ And here, finally, she crosses her arms over her chest, folds them. A guard against the chill or against witnesses, against whatever's outside as she settles her attention on company, clocking every detail she can while she plays unsettled newcomer. (That's what she is, though. For the second time in as many trips, unsettled newcomer is exactly what she is.) ]
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It still takes the breath from her for a second. She covers it about as well as she can, choking back the lungful of air that would like very much to be a scream as she stares into some middle-distance nowhere, teeth clamped, jaw tight.
In the end, the woman is he best distraction she has. She can't crumble here. First contact is as crucial as it ever was. No room for stupidity, especially when it's been decades since she last did this. ]
Ava. Forgive me, this wasn't exactly a scheduled trip.
[ And here, finally, she crosses her arms over her chest, folds them. A guard against the chill or against witnesses, against whatever's outside as she settles her attention on company, clocking every detail she can while she plays unsettled newcomer. (That's what she is, though. For the second time in as many trips, unsettled newcomer is exactly what she is.) ]