just your shadow on your floor

[Zenisse Szereban]

Part of you just wants to nudge her shoulder. Wants to say: it's not too bad. This whole not touching thing. Trying to cheer her up - or maybe just yourself. But you don't. You can't. You'd light up like a candlestick if you would. There's no shoulder nudging. And there's no it's not too bad. Just a pull in your stomach. A yearning to be close to her. To just do the things people do. Shoulder nudging, shaking heads and asking if there's any brain left or if it's turned into charcoal. You'd take a simple brush of her fingertips against yours. You - gods be damned. You need to stop letting your mind wander off like that.

Zenisse

Hmm. What do I think?

You grin at her. Cheeks full of cheekiness. You don't even try to hide it.

Zenisse

I think he makes for interesting company.

Tilting your head left and right. Pretending you're thinking and thinking and thinking. Even hmmming along for the bit. Clearly you brain hasn't taken any hits. Besides the obvious one lurking in the midst of it of course.

Zenisse

And I think she makes for interesting company too.

And that's all you say when you walk away backwards. Slowly. Obviously this is all part of it. With how wide your grin is. Saying everything you won't actually speak out. Karlach's got to figure it out herself. Fill the blanks you've just offered her.