[ Julie finds most people fairly predictable. She has always had the ability to read people, to pick out their patterns and better suit her own goals. Geralt actually tends to surprise her more than most -- where she catastrophizes, assumes the worst outcomes, he does the opposite, because she has built her expectations on guarding herself. But, she has come to understand, she doesn't really need to protect herself as much as she is often inclined to.
Which is why, despite a mechanical "I'm fine" that automatically comes out, she shifts her gaze up toward him. For a moment, words don't really form on her tongue, like she can't put her thoughts together. There's so much, so much that she can't even begin to wrap her head around. When her voice finally does return, she can only really string together a handful of words that feel like they even begin to express any of it. ]
I think... I think I could feel you here. In my head. When I was wherever I was. I mean, not just you. There were other people too.
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[ Julie finds most people fairly predictable. She has always had the ability to read people, to pick out their patterns and better suit her own goals. Geralt actually tends to surprise her more than most -- where she catastrophizes, assumes the worst outcomes, he does the opposite, because she has built her expectations on guarding herself. But, she has come to understand, she doesn't really need to protect herself as much as she is often inclined to.
Which is why, despite a mechanical "I'm fine" that automatically comes out, she shifts her gaze up toward him. For a moment, words don't really form on her tongue, like she can't put her thoughts together. There's so much, so much that she can't even begin to wrap her head around. When her voice finally does return, she can only really string together a handful of words that feel like they even begin to express any of it. ]
I think... I think I could feel you here. In my head. When I was wherever I was. I mean, not just you. There were other people too.