She doesn't exactly roll her eyes at the response but she doesn't exactly not, either.
Still it's fair and she doesn't press. He doesn't actually owe her anything, even if he's operating under some kind of notion that he does; he hasn't asked her for anything.
"Well that's your business," she says, and shrugs. "But I do appreciate the apology, and I appreciate the view."
"I hope that I can show you I mean it," He says, in reply to the bit about the apology. "It's important to say it, but the words mean nothing if you don't back it up with action. I am not volunteering to be kidnapped again but... I've learnt a few things since then."
Its not been a long time for her of course, but for him it's been a lifetime.
"We should probably head back towards the city. We'll start loosing the light soon enough."
"I don't," she answers, but she smiles when she does because she's not rejecting it - she just hopes they're not in that position again, together or separate.
And then she's looking around again, less to scan for threats and more to consider the forest itself around them.
"You're probably right. But I think I'll keep going a while." He doesn't have to go with her, she means.
He pauses, looking out in the same dorection as her.
"It's a nice path. Just watch your footing- about a half mile on from here, it gets a lot more overgrown."
And then there's a brief moment of hesitation. He would let Evie go out on her own, wouldn't even spare a thought to it. And while this woman isn't an assassin, while Jacob has lost enough friends recently, he doesn't disrespect her but insisting she come back or he stay with her.
Instead he nods, trusting Rosita to know her own mind and her own ability.
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Date: 2022-10-25 11:08 am (UTC)From:Still it's fair and she doesn't press. He doesn't actually owe her anything, even if he's operating under some kind of notion that he does; he hasn't asked her for anything.
"Well that's your business," she says, and shrugs. "But I do appreciate the apology, and I appreciate the view."
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Date: 2022-10-25 11:52 am (UTC)From:Its not been a long time for her of course, but for him it's been a lifetime.
"We should probably head back towards the city. We'll start loosing the light soon enough."
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Date: 2022-10-25 12:19 pm (UTC)From:And then she's looking around again, less to scan for threats and more to consider the forest itself around them.
"You're probably right. But I think I'll keep going a while." He doesn't have to go with her, she means.
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Date: 2022-10-25 04:01 pm (UTC)From:"It's a nice path. Just watch your footing- about a half mile on from here, it gets a lot more overgrown."
And then there's a brief moment of hesitation. He would let Evie go out on her own, wouldn't even spare a thought to it. And while this woman isn't an assassin, while Jacob has lost enough friends recently, he doesn't disrespect her but insisting she come back or he stay with her.
Instead he nods, trusting Rosita to know her own mind and her own ability.
"Thank you for the walk. And the talk."