[Since she hasnt exactly been the most lovely welcome party. He's joking, a little, though more at her than with her, and he's too straight-faced for there to be aky humour to it.
He follows her past the scattering of people and then through the crowd, feeling slightly less vulnerable when he sees another in the distance in the same thin robe, bare feet sandy. It happens to all of them. That at least is a reassurance, whether or not she intends it to be.
When a child waves he considers waving back — uncharacteristic but it would benefit him to seem friendly amongst all these strangers, especially to a person or people who knew Vi. But he also doesn't want to call attention to it — let him be disappointed in Vi as she storms past, caught up in her own thoughts. He doesn't have to be a mind reader to see how much turmoil she's in.]
Perhaps I'll take my leave here.
[He suggests, not to spare her further agonies but to lower the risk of being punched in the face. Also, he'd quite like to sit and catch his breath, perhaps double back and grill that child for answers about everything he's seeing in this new world.]
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[Since she hasnt exactly been the most lovely welcome party. He's joking, a little, though more at her than with her, and he's too straight-faced for there to be aky humour to it.
He follows her past the scattering of people and then through the crowd, feeling slightly less vulnerable when he sees another in the distance in the same thin robe, bare feet sandy. It happens to all of them. That at least is a reassurance, whether or not she intends it to be.
When a child waves he considers waving back — uncharacteristic but it would benefit him to seem friendly amongst all these strangers, especially to a person or people who knew Vi. But he also doesn't want to call attention to it — let him be disappointed in Vi as she storms past, caught up in her own thoughts. He doesn't have to be a mind reader to see how much turmoil she's in.]
Perhaps I'll take my leave here.
[He suggests, not to spare her further agonies but to lower the risk of being punched in the face. Also, he'd quite like to sit and catch his breath, perhaps double back and grill that child for answers about everything he's seeing in this new world.]