[ She can see something settling into place. And it's not anger, or vengeful resolve, or hurt, or any of that. Not like before when he'd slid so easily into that grudging place.
Despite that, he lets her go. Her hands fall away from him in turn, however reluctantly. Despite the fact that she can sense something resolving itself in him, she picks up on his new sense of uncertainty too. Like maybe he's withdrawing because he still has something he needs to work out. ]
Ben?
[ A flutter of fear rises in her chest. Like maybe he's worked it out and he's simply withdrawing. But she'd been allowing fear to control her choices too — fear of him leaving. So she accepts the possibility and lets it roll off. She can't control his actions; only her own. ]
[The sound of his name draws his attention back to her eyes, where he proceeds to hold them until the sound starts to filter back into the space between them. Before he can offer a proper reply, he's staring at someone swaddled in a Hathaway uniform waving in front of his face to try and get his attention.
He knows where she is -- he should go to her, he thinks.
But--no. In the same way that she needed some distance for her, he needs to remind himself that he needs to find strength in himself again.
So after gathering what he'd brought, he goes to return to his room to further mull the whole thing over.]
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Despite that, he lets her go. Her hands fall away from him in turn, however reluctantly. Despite the fact that she can sense something resolving itself in him, she picks up on his new sense of uncertainty too. Like maybe he's withdrawing because he still has something he needs to work out. ]
Ben?
[ A flutter of fear rises in her chest. Like maybe he's worked it out and he's simply withdrawing. But she'd been allowing fear to control her choices too — fear of him leaving. So she accepts the possibility and lets it roll off. She can't control his actions; only her own. ]
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He knows where she is -- he should go to her, he thinks.
But--no. In the same way that she needed some distance for her, he needs to remind himself that he needs to find strength in himself again.
So after gathering what he'd brought, he goes to return to his room to further mull the whole thing over.]