[ His voice is as soft and gentlemanly as it ever was, and immediately, he dips down to one knee to be closer to her level. The umbrella is still held over her as if protectively, and he gives her an encouraging smile. As if this were all normal, though he knows it's anything but for her. ]
Your figure is rather unmistakable, which I hope you will pardon me for saying.
[ In more ways than one. Her slightness, her small feet, they stand out, but his gaze does linger a little longer on her hair, of all things. The length tells him something too, and he has to wonder just when it was she was ripped away and brought here instead. No matter, though. He'll learn in time.
He reaches inside his winter coat to the lighter jacket underneath. He pulls out his silk pocketsquare and offers it as a handkerchief, though she's not in any lamentable state. It can be for her hands or knees with the snow, or for her face, since that expression tells him that she may very well cry. ]
...And my apologies. Were I aware that you had arrived at Kenos, I would have come to find you. I hope you have not been here terribly long.
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[ His voice is as soft and gentlemanly as it ever was, and immediately, he dips down to one knee to be closer to her level. The umbrella is still held over her as if protectively, and he gives her an encouraging smile. As if this were all normal, though he knows it's anything but for her. ]
Your figure is rather unmistakable, which I hope you will pardon me for saying.
[ In more ways than one. Her slightness, her small feet, they stand out, but his gaze does linger a little longer on her hair, of all things. The length tells him something too, and he has to wonder just when it was she was ripped away and brought here instead. No matter, though. He'll learn in time.
He reaches inside his winter coat to the lighter jacket underneath. He pulls out his silk pocketsquare and offers it as a handkerchief, though she's not in any lamentable state. It can be for her hands or knees with the snow, or for her face, since that expression tells him that she may very well cry. ]
...And my apologies. Were I aware that you had arrived at Kenos, I would have come to find you. I hope you have not been here terribly long.