02-15-2008, 09:26 PM
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Evidently there was no information to be gleaned from asking who he was related to: he sounded like he was alone, and also like he understandably didn't want to talk about it. Suitably quelled on that score, she just murmured an "Oh..." in reply. Ari was rather a mystery, but she sort of liked his straightforward style. It was highly possible she'd irritated him already, she decided, so was relieved to see the smile. Someone who spoke in such economical, slightly repressive statements couldn't be expected to fake a smile; it was actually unexpected, but she took it as sincere.
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Evidently there was no information to be gleaned from asking who he was related to: he sounded like he was alone, and also like he understandably didn't want to talk about it. Suitably quelled on that score, she just murmured an "Oh..." in reply. Ari was rather a mystery, but she sort of liked his straightforward style. It was highly possible she'd irritated him already, she decided, so was relieved to see the smile. Someone who spoke in such economical, slightly repressive statements couldn't be expected to fake a smile; it was actually unexpected, but she took it as sincere.
"It's nice to meet you, anyway," she said warmly, hitching back a lock of cinnamon mane, then realised how embarrassingly earnest she sounded and lowered her eyes in confusion - thus spotting the intriguing flask he held. "What's that?" Legacy nodded at it, a question in her eyes.