[She stares at him, seeing that change, and it feels much bigger than it actually is when she gets caught up in it. How long it's drawn out, she doesn't know, but their gazes lock and she can't avert it quick enough. Silence looms over them, thick and heavy with something that makes her heart thunder in her ribcage and makes her forget for just a moment what she needs to do to breathe as she tries to understand him instead.
It isn't until the sound of a screaming child running by that Benedikta is able to pull free, and she nearly drops her basket from her lap.]
Good. [She bristles.] I will keep you on your toes, just the way I know you love.
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It isn't until the sound of a screaming child running by that Benedikta is able to pull free, and she nearly drops her basket from her lap.]
Good. [She bristles.] I will keep you on your toes, just the way I know you love.
[One last ball that she bites into.]
Now finish up your food.