[ It'd be too much to hope that Carolina would be relaxed. Honestly, it would probably alarm Maine if she were relaxed. There are too many people just out of earshot. The crowd is one of strangers. Potential enemies. They're not in a secure environment.
Still, Maine hopes that she's not anticipating a fight with him. Doubts she is, but…
Well. He knows what his future-self became.
When she asks her question, Maine lifts a shoulder in a half-shrug, then nods. A silent "well as can be expected." And if he seems calmer than he should be given the situation: ]
Not first rodeo.
[ That, he knows, is going to require an explanation. ]
Was somewhere else. Different universe. Weird time differences.
[ Said with a slight gesture between the two of them, indicating the disparity.
He wants to ask how she's doing, or if she remembers another world, too. Instead, he waits. Watches her expression, ready to take his cue from her reaction. ]
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Still, Maine hopes that she's not anticipating a fight with him. Doubts she is, but…
Well. He knows what his future-self became.
When she asks her question, Maine lifts a shoulder in a half-shrug, then nods. A silent "well as can be expected." And if he seems calmer than he should be given the situation: ]
Not first rodeo.
[ That, he knows, is going to require an explanation. ]
Was somewhere else. Different universe. Weird time differences.
[ Said with a slight gesture between the two of them, indicating the disparity.
He wants to ask how she's doing, or if she remembers another world, too. Instead, he waits. Watches her expression, ready to take his cue from her reaction. ]