[If she'd been at her full strength, she would have heard a change in his heartbeat, or perhaps the shift of his body as his muscles tensed. As things stand, she only knows of the pain she's somehow inflicted by the look in his eyes, there and gone so quickly that she thinks she might have imagined it.
But no--she can see the tension in his shoulders as he finally speaks, and his words only confirm that she's injured him. The corners of her lips turn downwards, but she cannot figure out what it is she's said wrong. Well, the damage is done now, and all she can do is try to tread lightly. She isn't here to make enemies, only to try and find a way home.]
My experience with scholars has been varied.
[She won't mention that for most of her life, those scholars were thousands of years old, pondering philosophy even older than that.]
Would you tell me of yours?
[Not only is she curious, but it might help her suss out what she's said to offend him.]
i want you to know i'm 100% canon blind and did not plan that lmao
But no--she can see the tension in his shoulders as he finally speaks, and his words only confirm that she's injured him. The corners of her lips turn downwards, but she cannot figure out what it is she's said wrong. Well, the damage is done now, and all she can do is try to tread lightly. She isn't here to make enemies, only to try and find a way home.]
My experience with scholars has been varied.
[She won't mention that for most of her life, those scholars were thousands of years old, pondering philosophy even older than that.]
Would you tell me of yours?
[Not only is she curious, but it might help her suss out what she's said to offend him.]