[His smile falters and falls as she remains more or less silent. She has trouble, sometimes, he knows, but she's not usually completely quiet on him. Was it so bad, what he did? Is she annoyed? Angry? Disgusted?
When she tries and fails a second time, he starts to shrink in on himself, discouraged. He opens his own mouth to apologize again, to suggest he can go, if she'd prefer that.
Then she steps close.
His breath catches. He freezes, going utterly still.]
Ryder--?
[Her name is choked out, faint. He's definitely scared. This is so close. She could be so easily infected. She could be hurt, bitten, killed.]
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When she tries and fails a second time, he starts to shrink in on himself, discouraged. He opens his own mouth to apologize again, to suggest he can go, if she'd prefer that.
Then she steps close.
His breath catches. He freezes, going utterly still.]
Ryder--?
[Her name is choked out, faint. He's definitely scared. This is so close. She could be so easily infected. She could be hurt, bitten, killed.]
What...?