{ ✘♟✘ }
Wake upon noises is subtle, gentle, even. If naught for obvious shift to place herself sitting against the hall's wall, and cracking open of crusted eyes, it would be presumed girl was still asleep; or, if the onlooker weren't to see the rise and fall of chest, possibly dead
But even then, the sudden thump and groan would alert them to the possibility of girl not being in state of death.
❝ …dha gha- ❞
Mouth snaps shut with the cloying taste of sleep still dissolving on her tongue. Attempt at speech still rings in ears, embarrassment clouding vision. In righting herself to sitting position, not taking care to assess where she is, girl puts series of basic hand motions in their order in reminder of muteness and utter failure in terms of communication.
Gaze if directed upward only at the sound of footsteps; yet the motions do not stop, merely slow.
