QUESTIONING.
that didn’t surprise her a lot ——— he looked old enough to be a generation older than her, especially his eyes looked older & far wiser than hers. ❛ oh, that’s nice… ❜ she smiles a little, briefly trying to imagine what u.a. must have been like before her, but was then already overwhelmed again by the next sentence. ❛ uhm, i mean… ———- i think i am doing alright, but if you have something very useful, i’d be happy to hear it. ❜ her smile is made of gritted teeth, because no, she doesn’t want to hear it, as it would just become one more thing raising her even higher on a pedestal she never asked to be on.
‘ supposedly. ‘
the question he posed, in his mind, had been rhetorical. though, in fairness, he’d long since lost contact with one of the few friends he’d had. one of the few that shared in his sense of humor. ‘ . . . do well on practical exams. ‘ the one shred of advice he’d once been given in his youth as well, simply regurgitated in a different tone. ‘ ah--- actually, ‘ the talented hawk hides its claws ‘ . ‘
