[se] easily found and easily heard

She blatantly stared at him while he listed off all the things he was trying to do – and she truly wondered if he was committing to the parameters. He certainly hadn’t when she was strolling the marketplace in Halo, intentionally antagonizing and grating on her, even when she’d asked him to cease. [say]“Might try a little harder then.”[/say] She rose from her crouch, arms folded across her chest, chin lifting in that familiar air of defiance. Perhaps he was doing a fair job now, but they were both settled on those thin, sketched lines; and it never took long for Melita to flare. [say]“I don’t know. When people get stuck in their ruts, they need to do something different.”[/say] And he certainly looked like he’d been marooned and mired right in his own little sanction of hell. He could stay there for all she cared; it was just an oppressive feeling across the wood. [say]“Or maybe it’ll just take time.”[/say]