Zhi closed her mouth on words that would not come out of Joz's mouth. She stood for a time, a little hunched, a lot awkward, but eventually gave up and sat back down. Her clothing chafed. She was bored as they waited, unwilling to try to make any more conversation with Lalataru or even look at him. She'd wanted him to tell her to go home for the day, to do more practice by herself, something else other than sit there in his presence and feel the weight of every job she was on in his calm, encouraging stare.
He disgusted her.
Eventually the fatigue that had overtaken her started to subside, and with it came a strange sense of fullness that she couldn't quite put a finger on. A sense uncurled within her, one that felt both strange and natural, tingling as if she'd sat on it the wrong way and it'd gone numb. Wholly familiar, but seen from a new angle. After frowning to herself for several minutes, she realized that it was likely what Lalataru had been trying to tell her.
"Okay?" Zhi said, eyes sliding from the ground on one side of Lalataru to the other side and back again. "I think I feel it?"
She hunched into herself a bit more. The admission made her feel exposed, and if there was one thing Zhavi Streetrunner hated, it was remaining in someone's company when she felt vulnerable.
He disgusted her.
Eventually the fatigue that had overtaken her started to subside, and with it came a strange sense of fullness that she couldn't quite put a finger on. A sense uncurled within her, one that felt both strange and natural, tingling as if she'd sat on it the wrong way and it'd gone numb. Wholly familiar, but seen from a new angle. After frowning to herself for several minutes, she realized that it was likely what Lalataru had been trying to tell her.
"Okay?" Zhi said, eyes sliding from the ground on one side of Lalataru to the other side and back again. "I think I feel it?"
She hunched into herself a bit more. The admission made her feel exposed, and if there was one thing Zhavi Streetrunner hated, it was remaining in someone's company when she felt vulnerable.
