[Odile's brows creep up a little higher at their obvious flustering, but she says nothing more about it. Sometimes that's actually worse, where Odile is concerned, but for now Siffrin is counting it as a blessing.]
The former. We were trying to decide on our sleeping arrangements for the night. Mirabelle is going to be staying with her friends at the House for tonight, but the rest of us have been offered rooms there as well, or continued use of the clock tower. Do either of you have a preference?
[Siffrin's valiant efforts to play it cool are immediately squashed the moment she says sleeping arrangements as if summoned by Siffrin bringing it up. They duck their face into their collar, glancing sideways at Isabeau.
Truthfully, he'd prefer the tower. He wants to keep as many of them as possible as close as he can. But that sounds embarrassingly clingy, so he keeps his mouth shut. At least the benefit of being "the quiet one" is that people let him get away with staying silent more often.]
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The former. We were trying to decide on our sleeping arrangements for the night. Mirabelle is going to be staying with her friends at the House for tonight, but the rest of us have been offered rooms there as well, or continued use of the clock tower. Do either of you have a preference?
[Siffrin's valiant efforts to play it cool are immediately squashed the moment she says sleeping arrangements as if summoned by Siffrin bringing it up. They duck their face into their collar, glancing sideways at Isabeau.
Truthfully, he'd prefer the tower. He wants to keep as many of them as possible as close as he can. But that sounds embarrassingly clingy, so he keeps his mouth shut. At least the benefit of being "the quiet one" is that people let him get away with staying silent more often.]