With any other person, she probably could have fooled them, at least somewhat. Especially considering that fire and 'crazy past life stuff' had just been touched on. But he's fine-tuned to notice the little cues and she used one too many vague words, didn't glance her usual way when trying to remember something, and there's definitely something hiding in her face that means she's asking for something other than simple curiosity.
Much like he caught her off guard with asking about Alessa, she certainly caught him off guard this time, and it makes him a little wary.
It's not that he's got any reason to distrust her. He knows he let the phrase slip back then, but the thing is that it's an important one and the more he thinks about the verse, the more he gets to the core of it, the more it unsettles him.
He hadn't thought about it for a long time now. Except ... except for the lost three days and right after. Right now.
And as he met Alessa ... he can start to assume that maybe she met one or two people from his life.
He thinks about that in the span of two seconds it takes him to answer her, tone measured but with a clear suspicious edge. He's not buying her act.
"I didn't think you were listening. Why the sudden interest?"
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With any other person, she probably could have fooled them, at least somewhat. Especially considering that fire and 'crazy past life stuff' had just been touched on. But he's fine-tuned to notice the little cues and she used one too many vague words, didn't glance her usual way when trying to remember something, and there's definitely something hiding in her face that means she's asking for something other than simple curiosity.
Much like he caught her off guard with asking about Alessa, she certainly caught him off guard this time, and it makes him a little wary.
It's not that he's got any reason to distrust her. He knows he let the phrase slip back then, but the thing is that it's an important one and the more he thinks about the verse, the more he gets to the core of it, the more it unsettles him.
He hadn't thought about it for a long time now. Except ... except for the lost three days and right after. Right now.
And as he met Alessa ... he can start to assume that maybe she met one or two people from his life.
He thinks about that in the span of two seconds it takes him to answer her, tone measured but with a clear suspicious edge. He's not buying her act.
"I didn't think you were listening. Why the sudden interest?"