[Some day she'll learn to hold her tongue around him, like she did with the Organization. It's more difficult in this case, when she wishes she could speak freely with him and she is not motivated by fear to keep her mouth shut. No matter his temper, he doesn't frighten her.]
[What she is afraid of, however, is making this any worse, and for an interminably long few seconds, it appears they are at an impasse, because he is visibly uncomfortable and so, though more subtly, is she. It was so much easier when she had a proper goal in mind and time to prepare herself mentally. Being thrown into things like this is not something she's used to, and it will almost certainly take her some time before she's able to move as quickly on her feet as she'd like.]
[Almost mercifully, a distant noise echoes faintly down the hallway, and she remembers suddenly where they are. That is to say, it is not a good place to be having this conversation. Giving a start, she turns, glancing back the way she came. No one is in sight yet, but--]
[Looking back at him, she falters only briefly; now she's found her goal, and that always has made it so much easier to find the words, too.]
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[What she is afraid of, however, is making this any worse, and for an interminably long few seconds, it appears they are at an impasse, because he is visibly uncomfortable and so, though more subtly, is she. It was so much easier when she had a proper goal in mind and time to prepare herself mentally. Being thrown into things like this is not something she's used to, and it will almost certainly take her some time before she's able to move as quickly on her feet as she'd like.]
[Almost mercifully, a distant noise echoes faintly down the hallway, and she remembers suddenly where they are. That is to say, it is not a good place to be having this conversation. Giving a start, she turns, glancing back the way she came. No one is in sight yet, but--]
[Looking back at him, she falters only briefly; now she's found her goal, and that always has made it so much easier to find the words, too.]
We should... probably go.
[Both of them - whether that's together or not.]