[Even without the nod of confirmation, it doesn't take a genius to read it in her expression, in the way all of a sudden she looks like some kind of baby deer caught in his headlights. She was trying to come off looking tough and standoffish but now she's just skittish and fragile, and it's so clear to see how she was trying to act like diamond when really she's just brittle spun glass.]
You wanna come sit down?
[He'll understand if she says no. Distance is good for this kind of thing; he knows that, too. It's a neat trick to keep it when his job makes him get so close to the bodies he's examining, but there's a knack for it and he knows how to use it. But this girl, she might need the real thing.
He doesn't blame her, considering the topic they're on.]
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[Even without the nod of confirmation, it doesn't take a genius to read it in her expression, in the way all of a sudden she looks like some kind of baby deer caught in his headlights. She was trying to come off looking tough and standoffish but now she's just skittish and fragile, and it's so clear to see how she was trying to act like diamond when really she's just brittle spun glass.]
You wanna come sit down?
[He'll understand if she says no. Distance is good for this kind of thing; he knows that, too. It's a neat trick to keep it when his job makes him get so close to the bodies he's examining, but there's a knack for it and he knows how to use it. But this girl, she might need the real thing.
He doesn't blame her, considering the topic they're on.]