[Honestly, for all the dyevochka is annoying her, that answer loosens a tension in her chest that she hadn't even realized had been there. The age difference between her and Nikolai is about the same as what as between her and Jim Murray, and that's not something that's easy to think about, even if it never ended as badly as it could have. He's older than Sionis, too, and that's yet another thing she doesn't want to think about.
The way her gaze flicks off screen briefly might give a little too much away, but it's an unconscious gesture.]
Not as dangerous a man as you could be, then.
[She manages to make her lips quirk in an almost-smile, like she's amused at something that isn't very amusing at all.]
TW: reference to sexual assault
The way her gaze flicks off screen briefly might give a little too much away, but it's an unconscious gesture.]
Not as dangerous a man as you could be, then.
[She manages to make her lips quirk in an almost-smile, like she's amused at something that isn't very amusing at all.]