[ He obliges her in just a slight step backwards beneath her mock-assault, giving her what is very nearly a smile. It fixes in place at her questions, wheels turning behind his eyes, before he tips a look backwards, the way he came. ]
Not long, [ he says. If he's in any way disturbed by how she's found him, you couldn't tell from the way he speaks now. ] I came up from that tunnel [ he means the subway ] not a minute ago, and stopped to get my bearings.
[ He moves, then, to gently, contactlessly herd her out of the rain, the continual patter of which puts his teeth on edge. ]
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Not long, [ he says. If he's in any way disturbed by how she's found him, you couldn't tell from the way he speaks now. ] I came up from that tunnel [ he means the subway ] not a minute ago, and stopped to get my bearings.
[ He moves, then, to gently, contactlessly herd her out of the rain, the continual patter of which puts his teeth on edge. ]