While she looks at him, there's a tiny lingering quiver in her chin that she feels and she hates, but after a moment she lets out a another laugh.
(It feels good to laugh, too. It also kind of aches, but mostly it feels good.)
He's demanding her story, but she takes a second to look at him with real (and still relieved) and undisguised amusement. "You got caught in an elevator?"
Most of the amusement leaves her eyes, though, and sympathy shines through. "Overnight?" She has no idea what time it really is; outside her window it's light but not mid-day light. "I wish I'd known."
It never even would've occurred to her that he could've been on his way down to the sub-basement. She can barely even stand to think about what it must have been like trapped in an elevator for so long.
At least it hasn't stopped him from cracking jokes.
"Guess you were safer than I thought all along. I knocked on your door" -- her first attempt of the night -- "not long after the power went out, but the Dragons broke in a few hours after."
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(It feels good to laugh, too. It also kind of aches, but mostly it feels good.)
He's demanding her story, but she takes a second to look at him with real (and still relieved) and undisguised amusement. "You got caught in an elevator?"
Most of the amusement leaves her eyes, though, and sympathy shines through. "Overnight?" She has no idea what time it really is; outside her window it's light but not mid-day light. "I wish I'd known."
It never even would've occurred to her that he could've been on his way down to the sub-basement. She can barely even stand to think about what it must have been like trapped in an elevator for so long.
At least it hasn't stopped him from cracking jokes.
"Guess you were safer than I thought all along. I knocked on your door" -- her first attempt of the night -- "not long after the power went out, but the Dragons broke in a few hours after."