The particular word he's thinking of is mentioned in the text - cheeky, make note of it for later - but the voice means the eyes dart up to the source again and- what? What? There's a woman there now? Why would she eventually she will grow old, have children, generations that follow protected by invisible hands
No. No. Old mothers don't just appear out of nowhere and even if ghosts are real he can't see them that's not how this works- the heels of both hands are slammed over his eyes. After pressing the gold out and opening again, the figure is gone.
Okay no panicking, it's not a hallucination if it's gone, tune back in to Bianca talking about security (she is, technically, but only for her Own) NO he's not thinking about that. At all. The smile they both get is perfect plaster recreation of someone trying not to be absolutely crazy.
"Thank you for the translation, Nikolai! And security is important, especially with all of the fighting outside these days," followed by a shrug that's more like a shoulder spasm than anything else. Maybe only a tiny bit crazy. "Though I do hope your school accepts me! The help would be appreciated."
brb breaking it like a fragile christmas ornament
He's seeing a fucking ghost.
The particular word he's thinking of is mentioned in the text - cheeky, make note of it for later - but the voice means the eyes dart up to the source again and- what? What? There's a woman there now? Why would she eventually she will grow old, have children, generations that follow protected by invisible hands
No. No. Old mothers don't just appear out of nowhere and even if ghosts are real he can't see them that's not how this works- the heels of both hands are slammed over his eyes. After pressing the gold out and opening again, the figure is gone.
Okay no panicking, it's not a hallucination if it's gone, tune back in to Bianca talking about security (she is, technically, but only for her Own) NO he's not thinking about that. At all. The smile they both get is perfect plaster recreation of someone trying not to be absolutely crazy.
"Thank you for the translation, Nikolai! And security is important, especially with all of the fighting outside these days," followed by a shrug that's more like a shoulder spasm than anything else. Maybe only a tiny bit crazy. "Though I do hope your school accepts me! The help would be appreciated."