[He looks away for a second as he accepts the compliment - it's like a subtle version of ducking his head. He looks back to her very soon though, lets his smile soften into a smaller but warmer one.]
I could say the same. [Slight beat,] You look beautiful.
[And he responds like the dork he is ... but he means it, and wants to point it out because she also looks different. There's something muted about it that he likes. Carmen is red and bold and he likes that, too, but like this it's more personal somehow, like he's allowed to see past the vibrant first layer.]
[And then there's also just the fact that the dark colours and side ponytail are really attractive on her.]
[(Perhaps ironically, she looks even more like a thief like this. Dark and perched outside a window, looking in.)]
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I could say the same. [Slight beat,] You look beautiful.
[And he responds like the dork he is ... but he means it, and wants to point it out because she also looks different. There's something muted about it that he likes. Carmen is red and bold and he likes that, too, but like this it's more personal somehow, like he's allowed to see past the vibrant first layer.]
[And then there's also just the fact that the dark colours and side ponytail are really attractive on her.]
[(Perhaps ironically, she looks even more like a thief like this. Dark and perched outside a window, looking in.)]