With the figurine safely back in place the witch began to plot her grand escape, only to feel her strange visitor disengage her, pulling away and perusing the shelves, having taken her command quite literally in a way that she found just a tiny bit endearing. Automatically, she began to smooth her clothing and hair back into place, sweeping her hair back from her face as her scowl softened, settling in bewildered observation. Bless him, she thought, raising a hand to her face to disguise the barest hint of a smile, rubbing the bridge of her nose.
To say the least, it put her in a better mood, watching him for a moment, following his gaze as she tried to make out what had caught his interest, her hands folded and resting on the edge of the shrine. She leaned forward and back to better follow his field of view, returning to her task only as he stepped away. Wetting her lips she grimaced, wondering if she should follow him, though thought better of it, though she still held a streak of concern in mind that somehow this was illegal. All the more reason to stop worrying about the curious man and simply hope that he had gotten tired of hugging her and found someone else to wrap his tremendously long arms around.
She continued, finding herself deeply engrossed in her work, though not once had mustered the courage to touch the sphere, so that it remained the only thing with a layer of dust on it on top of the shrine when her strange visitor returned. Looking up she wiped off her hands, humming appreciatively and even smiling as she leaned in to whisper "thank you". Still, she looked in the direction he had arrived from for a split moment, squinting into the dim corridors of books, listening for the approach of boots for only a moment of open mistrust which she nodded away.
"Are you new?" She queried, folding a hand to her chest where she toyed with the necklace of two fish circling one another.
Vynter
To say the least, it put her in a better mood, watching him for a moment, following his gaze as she tried to make out what had caught his interest, her hands folded and resting on the edge of the shrine. She leaned forward and back to better follow his field of view, returning to her task only as he stepped away. Wetting her lips she grimaced, wondering if she should follow him, though thought better of it, though she still held a streak of concern in mind that somehow this was illegal. All the more reason to stop worrying about the curious man and simply hope that he had gotten tired of hugging her and found someone else to wrap his tremendously long arms around.
She continued, finding herself deeply engrossed in her work, though not once had mustered the courage to touch the sphere, so that it remained the only thing with a layer of dust on it on top of the shrine when her strange visitor returned. Looking up she wiped off her hands, humming appreciatively and even smiling as she leaned in to whisper "thank you". Still, she looked in the direction he had arrived from for a split moment, squinting into the dim corridors of books, listening for the approach of boots for only a moment of open mistrust which she nodded away.
"Are you new?" She queried, folding a hand to her chest where she toyed with the necklace of two fish circling one another.
Vynter
