[Well, he is more than welcome to stay and she almost expects that he will as she, too, heads for the exit, only to look a little surprised that he is moving in that direction and that she nearly bumps right into him.]
Oh—
[... before it fades into light frustration when they leave the shop together. Not with him, per se—though Benedikta's default state is frustrated with and mad at Cidolfus Telamon—but with herself for even thinking for a moment about what he might do, or want to do, and caring about it. The longer she spends with him, the more she thinks back on that memory that had spilled forth from the place she kept it locked away.
The more she thinks back to those word that echoed in her head...
But all of that is shattered when a strange-looking man (another platypus) shoves something in her face.
"Would you like a charm for that new phone of yours, ma'am? We've got plenty to look at!" He looks between Benedikta and Cid. "We even have matching ones for our lovebirds! All of them on special today only!"]
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Oh—
[... before it fades into light frustration when they leave the shop together. Not with him, per se—though Benedikta's default state is frustrated with and mad at Cidolfus Telamon—but with herself for even thinking for a moment about what he might do, or want to do, and caring about it. The longer she spends with him, the more she thinks back on that memory that had spilled forth from the place she kept it locked away.
The more she thinks back to those word that echoed in her head...
But all of that is shattered when a strange-looking man (another platypus) shoves something in her face.
"Would you like a charm for that new phone of yours, ma'am? We've got plenty to look at!" He looks between Benedikta and Cid. "We even have matching ones for our lovebirds! All of them on special today only!"]