★; starter for @guardianofmana !
Once Lloyd has retired to the inn, Colette can think of no reason to continue hovering before its threshold. She’s already said her piece. Anything more would only be a burden, for the feelings stirring within her friend’s heart are complex. Delicate. His to interpret and act upon alone. Giving him the space to do exactly that is something she intends on.
And so, the girl enjoys a quiet, uninvolved conversation with Presea. Sits next to Genis at the riverside, occasionally chiming in with offerings of words she can only hope will serve to distract or soothe. Through honeyed tones, convinces the Professor not to fret over her safety to the extent that she neglects to respect her faculty and, at the whims of a gut feeling, slips away to take a short walk and survey Heimdall’s viridescent outskirts.
Lo and behold—right as the sky begins to shrug off its cool hues in favor of something warmer, that hunch she’d had is proven correct. Just aside the trunk of a rather elegant looking oak, Yuan stands, lying in wait for what tomorrow, in all of its uncertain splendor, may bring.
It isn’t as if she’s intending to sneak up on him. Not at all. In fact, Colette has doubts she could succeed in doing so if she tried. It does, however, feel far too abrupt and unceremonious for her tastes when, at the exact moment she intends to formally make her presence known with a greeting, a root catches one everlastingly clumsy foot, sending its owner toppling down onto the forest floor.
“Ow...”












