[She's going to smack that drink right out of his hands if he doesn't stop with that sipping in place of a proper answer!
But she doesn't have time to do that because suddenly, there's a line of people that push between them, separating her from him. She sees him on the other side, still walking without a care in the world in that way that he always does, but Benedikta...]
Cidolfu—ugh! Get out of my way!
[The people don't seem to hear her, all of them too enamoured by all the attractions.
But as she watches his back moving further and further away from her, she feels small. Small, just like that girl all those years ago. Small and lost and slightly afraid, searching for his back among the crowd. Running to him. Searching for his hand to guide her, just like it had on that fateful day—
She doesn't realize it until her hand presses into and wraps around his, fingertips to leather, but she can still imagine the warmth underneath as she tugs.]
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But she doesn't have time to do that because suddenly, there's a line of people that push between them, separating her from him. She sees him on the other side, still walking without a care in the world in that way that he always does, but Benedikta...]
Cidolfu—ugh! Get out of my way!
[The people don't seem to hear her, all of them too enamoured by all the attractions.
But as she watches his back moving further and further away from her, she feels small. Small, just like that girl all those years ago. Small and lost and slightly afraid, searching for his back among the crowd. Running to him. Searching for his hand to guide her, just like it had on that fateful day—
She doesn't realize it until her hand presses into and wraps around his, fingertips to leather, but she can still imagine the warmth underneath as she tugs.]