Don't want to talk about it? You brought it up! Lolo would have been happy to never have to talk about it again, but she had shocked him, forced his hand.
He opened his mouth to respond when he saw a light over Joz's shoulder. It was Ben running back down the stairs. He heard voices and footsteps descending the staircase behind the familiar.
"Aaand that's all the time we have for today, I'm afraid," he said, loudly enough that the new arrivals could hear him clearly. He snapped and Ben jumped into the air before him and the girl, flipped, and vanished with a flash and a pop. He grabbed her hand and tugged her gently, but insistently, towards the stairs and out. The others barely paid them any attention as they hurried out, eager to begin their own practice.
"There's a deck on the walkway between the Wench and the Hyaline; meet me there tonight at eleven bells." He whispered urgently. Putting on a wan smile, he bowed slightly and stated plainly, "It was a pleasure to meet you, Miss Joz." And with that, he turned on a heel and continued the rest of the way up the stairs.
He opened his mouth to respond when he saw a light over Joz's shoulder. It was Ben running back down the stairs. He heard voices and footsteps descending the staircase behind the familiar.
"Aaand that's all the time we have for today, I'm afraid," he said, loudly enough that the new arrivals could hear him clearly. He snapped and Ben jumped into the air before him and the girl, flipped, and vanished with a flash and a pop. He grabbed her hand and tugged her gently, but insistently, towards the stairs and out. The others barely paid them any attention as they hurried out, eager to begin their own practice.
"There's a deck on the walkway between the Wench and the Hyaline; meet me there tonight at eleven bells." He whispered urgently. Putting on a wan smile, he bowed slightly and stated plainly, "It was a pleasure to meet you, Miss Joz." And with that, he turned on a heel and continued the rest of the way up the stairs.
