She couldn't help it.
She gave a tiny little shriek when he tossed her, just a brief one. Barely an 'aa'. More like an exhalation than anything else, cut off as abruptly as it started once he caught her again. She stared at him afterwards, eyes huge in her face, looking for all the world like a startled cat being held.
He could probably feel her heart hammering in her ribs.
He probably didn't care.
She blinked owlishly at him as he set her down, and then patted her head, feeling vaguely like she should be offended. Actually, she should probably be feeling a lot of things right now, but it was kind of difficult to do so when everything in her mind was shrinking away from the very thought of being near the King. Distantly, she made a mental note to examine in a little further detail why exactly he was scary; maybe if she could quantify it a little better than 'Large Humans Are Terrifying', then she could start to rationalize reasons not to be scared of him.
...right! She needed to focus on his questions right now. Or...
...maybe she needed to stop focusing? That was what Bridget had said, right? To just... stop thinking. Just let the words pour out. Overthinking was her issue, right?
So. Time to stop thinking.
"Architecture is the better term, and you wanted to know about why I like it!" She reminded him, her hand going behind her back and lacing together. "Could we walk while I explain? It's easier to talk about when I'm moving, 'cause my hands tend to go everywhere and I'd rather not smack anyone in the face because people don't really tend to appreciate that!" A sort of cheer had entered her voice, similar to how she had spoken earlier to Bridget in the waiting area; the same sort of mindless optimism that had marked her out.
Her eyes flicked up towards the King's, maybe hoping she could maintain some form of eye contact, but then her stomach gave a sudden lurch and she decided that wasn't really the greatest idea.
She gave a tiny little shriek when he tossed her, just a brief one. Barely an 'aa'. More like an exhalation than anything else, cut off as abruptly as it started once he caught her again. She stared at him afterwards, eyes huge in her face, looking for all the world like a startled cat being held.
He could probably feel her heart hammering in her ribs.
He probably didn't care.
She blinked owlishly at him as he set her down, and then patted her head, feeling vaguely like she should be offended. Actually, she should probably be feeling a lot of things right now, but it was kind of difficult to do so when everything in her mind was shrinking away from the very thought of being near the King. Distantly, she made a mental note to examine in a little further detail why exactly he was scary; maybe if she could quantify it a little better than 'Large Humans Are Terrifying', then she could start to rationalize reasons not to be scared of him.
...right! She needed to focus on his questions right now. Or...
...maybe she needed to stop focusing? That was what Bridget had said, right? To just... stop thinking. Just let the words pour out. Overthinking was her issue, right?
So. Time to stop thinking.
"Architecture is the better term, and you wanted to know about why I like it!" She reminded him, her hand going behind her back and lacing together. "Could we walk while I explain? It's easier to talk about when I'm moving, 'cause my hands tend to go everywhere and I'd rather not smack anyone in the face because people don't really tend to appreciate that!" A sort of cheer had entered her voice, similar to how she had spoken earlier to Bridget in the waiting area; the same sort of mindless optimism that had marked her out.
Her eyes flicked up towards the King's, maybe hoping she could maintain some form of eye contact, but then her stomach gave a sudden lurch and she decided that wasn't really the greatest idea.
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