[ some of those points he'd deflect her over, some he'd take on the chin, but it's all moot now. the air wheezes out of his throat.
where the queasy feeling leaves, shock rushes in to fill the gap. open-eyed paranoia boils up, stirring his guts. her struggle to be vertical, aided by her hands propped on hs shoulders, can't stop kaji's head from whipping up. the link crimps with the sound of wrinkled paper, a page being torn off its perforated edges, the scribbling of a pen, a letter left in the bottom of the baggage. ]
What did you just say?
[ his ability to roll with sudden surprises hadn't waned, as he rises to a stand as she does, gathering the rest of her clothes in his arms and handing her the first of many layers of tunic. by now, his initial shock had already transformed into a healthy head of plausible deniability towards misato, coupled with a secondary look of caution and calculation, and maybe just a hint of self-doubt. ]
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where the queasy feeling leaves, shock rushes in to fill the gap. open-eyed paranoia boils up, stirring his guts. her struggle to be vertical, aided by her hands propped on hs shoulders, can't stop kaji's head from whipping up. the link crimps with the sound of wrinkled paper, a page being torn off its perforated edges, the scribbling of a pen, a letter left in the bottom of the baggage. ]
What did you just say?
[ his ability to roll with sudden surprises hadn't waned, as he rises to a stand as she does, gathering the rest of her clothes in his arms and handing her the first of many layers of tunic. by now, his initial shock had already transformed into a healthy head of plausible deniability towards misato, coupled with a secondary look of caution and calculation, and maybe just a hint of self-doubt. ]