( She wants to ask, of course she does — but she's perceptive. For a girl kept in captivity, she's demonstrated a fairly impressive tendency to read people. It might be because of the captivity, because of the constant need to walk on eggshells, to monitor body language for either threats or softness that can be taken advantage of. To anticipate based on expression what is in store for her. It served her well with Logan, and it's serving her again now.
He does not want to talk about it. She thinks of the day on the beach, when they both cried together. She knows he lost Charles, but she's beginning to think there's an echoing pain other than him.
So she holds his hand more tightly, and shakes her head. )
I'm tired now, and nothing will be as wonderful as the deer. Can we go back?
( She isn't tired; she doesn't get tired, physically. But she wants to make him comfortable, and besides, he kept his promise — she got to meet a lot of animals today. It has been good. )
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He does not want to talk about it. She thinks of the day on the beach, when they both cried together. She knows he lost Charles, but she's beginning to think there's an echoing pain other than him.
So she holds his hand more tightly, and shakes her head. )
I'm tired now, and nothing will be as wonderful as the deer. Can we go back?
( She isn't tired; she doesn't get tired, physically. But she wants to make him comfortable, and besides, he kept his promise — she got to meet a lot of animals today. It has been good. )