every new black eagle is of interest to her — another classmate, another ally, another friend.
dorothea trails curiously, hands clasped behind her back as she observes the girl with interest. ( pretty hair. pretty face. seems like the soft-spoken type, considering how she keeps to herself. )
"have you managed to find your room?" she calls out, quickening her steps to approach with a welcoming smile. "the dormitories can be rather daunting to navigate at first glance. i'd be happy to help out if you're lost." a beat. "i'm dorothea. and your name-?"
There’s eyes on her again. She can always tell when someone is trying to stare right through her, trying to cleave to her heart.
Though all the same, these eyes are not the same daggers that she is used to. For one, they are the ones that she has felt since the tail end of her first day of classes. They fail to be the gaze of a tiger on the hunt…but rather, the gaze of a well-fed, eager cat.
That is why Rinea does not fully jump at the call of the songlike voice…though she cannot help but give a meek hop still. She begins to turn only for the hatted student to already be beside her.
Cutting off easy escape. But Rinea does find the need to escape. Those evergreen eyes and passionate smile…she’s seen this woman before, in those classes.
A classmate shouldn’t be one to betray her. Rinea decides to be careful…but comply.
“My name? Rinea,” she returns the name greeting with her own, only to add a slight curtsy with it. She does not know if flourishes like these are foreign to the setting, yet it only feels natural to give to one so willing to help. “It is nice to meet you, Dorothea…”
When her bow is finished, Rinea returns one hand to her side as the other slides under her cheek. Her eyes thin in uneasiness. “I would rather not be a bother, though I must admit I now find myself lost. The noble quarters…they’re on the second floor, yes? I’ve only visited them once before classes. How can stairs recede from my memory so easily…?”
She shakes her head. “I fear I sound ravening, but might you be fine giving a full tour? Everything is so new to me…and it would be comforting to go through it with you,” a smile finally slips before she parts her lips. “Ah! Only if your time is allotted for it, of course.”
