[ something in him shifts when she touches him, but annabeth can't place why. it's a gesture she's done a thousand times before and yet he seems to almost startle with it. maybe his memory is getting more faulty than it used to be. ]
[ before she can ask him about this planet that no longer exists, cassian moves on and drops perhaps the strangest thing he's said this entire conversation. it hits her like a block of ice, which is odd enough, and she tries to ignore the way it sends a chill up her spine. ]
[ she looks at him with complete befuddlement. ]
What are you talking about? Are you drunk?
[ she could tease him and say it's because of the way he admits she's right, but it's... more than that. her hand squeezes his arm more sharply, largely without realizing, but it's almost like her own body is just reacting to it. ]
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[ before she can ask him about this planet that no longer exists, cassian moves on and drops perhaps the strangest thing he's said this entire conversation. it hits her like a block of ice, which is odd enough, and she tries to ignore the way it sends a chill up her spine. ]
[ she looks at him with complete befuddlement. ]
What are you talking about? Are you drunk?
[ she could tease him and say it's because of the way he admits she's right, but it's... more than that. her hand squeezes his arm more sharply, largely without realizing, but it's almost like her own body is just reacting to it. ]