Having not the slightest inkling of what was going through her mind, Arjun only knew that she seemed very relaxed, under the circumstances. It was reassuring to think that she found him trustworthy, enough that she not only was willing to entrust him with his safety, but comfortable. And if she was pale and delicate and soft, he chose not to notice those things, because he did not want to be the sort of person that would.
What he did notice was when she shivered, drew the shawl closer around herself. It was not the kind of shiver he associated with pain, nor the kind of expression on her face. He noticed no draft that could explain such behavior, and therefore could only assume he had said something he shouldn't have. Perhaps she had not realized how old he was? He'd thought it quite obvious just to look at him, but maybe in the place she'd been from, the place she could not remember, they showed their age differently.
But why would she care about his age? He didn't think he had behaved in any untoward way, but he was struck with the thought that she might think him a creepy old man. If he had behaved too intimately–
Her question derailed his train of thought entirely, though his steps did not falter. She sounded very genuine, and that puzzled him all the more. "At my age," he said cautiously, "one tends to categorize those younger into broad categories. Everyone younger than twenty appears to me to be a child, and everyone under thirty looks to be barely more than a child. I cannot imagine you to be older than thirty, and certainly not by much. But I am far from reliable in such assessments."
What he did notice was when she shivered, drew the shawl closer around herself. It was not the kind of shiver he associated with pain, nor the kind of expression on her face. He noticed no draft that could explain such behavior, and therefore could only assume he had said something he shouldn't have. Perhaps she had not realized how old he was? He'd thought it quite obvious just to look at him, but maybe in the place she'd been from, the place she could not remember, they showed their age differently.
But why would she care about his age? He didn't think he had behaved in any untoward way, but he was struck with the thought that she might think him a creepy old man. If he had behaved too intimately–
Her question derailed his train of thought entirely, though his steps did not falter. She sounded very genuine, and that puzzled him all the more. "At my age," he said cautiously, "one tends to categorize those younger into broad categories. Everyone younger than twenty appears to me to be a child, and everyone under thirty looks to be barely more than a child. I cannot imagine you to be older than thirty, and certainly not by much. But I am far from reliable in such assessments."
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