Arjun squinted at the servant girl, but could not place her face. One of the many waifs that Circe had brought, they all tended to blend together in his mind, pale faces once bruised. Girls with no particular skill in a trade were the ones who wound up working in the castle, and they tended to learn quickly to give him a wide berth.
It wasn't as if he was deliberately cruel. He was only, occasionally, prone to impatience.
He thought about asking the girl for oja, but it was a bit early for that kind of thing even if the girl hadn't been trying to avoid eye contact with him. "I should be fine," he said, though the girl was already gone. "You're feeling better?" he asked, books stacked neatly on hands covered by the black wool of his sleeves. "You have not needed the doctor since I saw you last?" He looked her over with a hint of suspicion, the way he might a book he suspected had been mishandled.
He came nearer to her bedside, silent in the soft embroidered slippers that were worn indoors.
"I believe you said you wanted a few books," he said, holding them slightly higher to demonstrate that he had retrieved them for her.
It wasn't as if he was deliberately cruel. He was only, occasionally, prone to impatience.
He thought about asking the girl for oja, but it was a bit early for that kind of thing even if the girl hadn't been trying to avoid eye contact with him. "I should be fine," he said, though the girl was already gone. "You're feeling better?" he asked, books stacked neatly on hands covered by the black wool of his sleeves. "You have not needed the doctor since I saw you last?" He looked her over with a hint of suspicion, the way he might a book he suspected had been mishandled.
He came nearer to her bedside, silent in the soft embroidered slippers that were worn indoors.
"I believe you said you wanted a few books," he said, holding them slightly higher to demonstrate that he had retrieved them for her.
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