I see your true colours shining through
"Attuned," he replied easily. Even if he was surprised at the girl's directness, he didn't mind it ultimately - it allowed all the awkward posturing to get out of the way. "Yourself?" he asked back, letting his own curiosity show. He guessed that she was an Accepted, but he had no real way of knowing outside of asking directly.He dutifully looked over her proffered hand, nodding. He'd heard similar stories, and also much different ones too. It was all a matter of perspective, he supposed. And a matter of the whims of forces far more powerful than he could ever truly comprehend.
"That was lucky for you," he commented with a small smile. "Not sure if I'll try again. Don't really want to tempt them to do anything worse than a sunburn." Sunburn he was familiar with, at least, and he still (foolishly, naively) held optimistic hope that it would heal itself, eventually.
so don't be afraid, to let them show
CHULANE
