Julianna laughed. “Oh, don’t let Sairus hear you say that,” she joked. “I’ve finally whittled his ego down to a manageable size.” She tried to use this joke and a brief tangent on Sai to glaze over the part where she had touched him without his consent. He tried to give her an out, to let her off the hook for the incident, but she still felt as if she had crossed a line. It was the brief but far away look on his face, the way Odin shifted at his feet. She couldn’t see the dog on the other side of the counter, but knew the canine was reacting to something.
“Oh, no, you don’t have to cover them,” she answered quickly, not wanting the attention she had paid to the markings to be misconstrued. “They’re totally fine. I really don’t think the dogs will mind much. Plus, it gets way too hot for me to expect you to be covered up all the time.”
She had turned back to the computer as Owen started to fill out the paperwork. Sending informative emails to overly attached pet owners that were anxious about leaving their pets for extended periods of time, or checking in online appointments, or placing orders for food and supplies. Her rhythmic typing paused when he asked if he could use the cabin. Her face had fallen into a neutral blankness as she’d mindlessly sorted through a dog food order, and she turned her head to look at him. She didn’t answer right away, there was a furrow to her brow that suggested she was thinking.
“Sure,” she agreed, looking and sounding chipper again. “That’s perfectly fine until you get all settled and what not.” Most people would have been more concerned. His perception of Jules as naive had been correct. Smiling, she took the paper and the pen from him and quickly filled in the address to the cabin. When that was finished she opened a cabinet, found and empty folded in the employee section and slipped the papers inside.
“C’mon,” she said, pushing her way out from behind the counter, and singling to Blue to follow her. She also picked up her hat. “I’ll give the tour?”
“Oh, no, you don’t have to cover them,” she answered quickly, not wanting the attention she had paid to the markings to be misconstrued. “They’re totally fine. I really don’t think the dogs will mind much. Plus, it gets way too hot for me to expect you to be covered up all the time.”
She had turned back to the computer as Owen started to fill out the paperwork. Sending informative emails to overly attached pet owners that were anxious about leaving their pets for extended periods of time, or checking in online appointments, or placing orders for food and supplies. Her rhythmic typing paused when he asked if he could use the cabin. Her face had fallen into a neutral blankness as she’d mindlessly sorted through a dog food order, and she turned her head to look at him. She didn’t answer right away, there was a furrow to her brow that suggested she was thinking.
“Sure,” she agreed, looking and sounding chipper again. “That’s perfectly fine until you get all settled and what not.” Most people would have been more concerned. His perception of Jules as naive had been correct. Smiling, she took the paper and the pen from him and quickly filled in the address to the cabin. When that was finished she opened a cabinet, found and empty folded in the employee section and slipped the papers inside.
“C’mon,” she said, pushing her way out from behind the counter, and singling to Blue to follow her. She also picked up her hat. “I’ll give the tour?”
I fear no fate (for you are my fate, my sweet) I want no world (for beautiful you are my world, my true) and it’s you are whatever a moon has always meant and whatever a sun will always sing is you.
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