[ He answers the squeeze of her hand with a light press of his own. There's something relieved to it, but somehow apologetic too, as if his thoughts skittered briefly to places they shouldn't go. (But in the end, it's easy for him to shelve that aside. Hei's been compartmentalizing both the personal and the professional aspects of himself for years. By now he owns less of a mind and more of a honeycomb -- stocked with repressed ideas and emotions.) ]
[ The walk to Yin's place isn't long. Yet with every step he feels like he did when he was eleven, already a soldier-in-training, with his hands on an extra set of carbines he couldn't wait to take somewhere private and examine. Which is unkind, because Yin is no weapon, or even the tool that the Syndicate considers her to be. Not for him. But he still wants to absorb every iota of her presence, not knowing how long it'll last. ]
[ At her building, he fishes the extra set of keys out of his coat. Opens the door to usher her in. In the dead stillness of her apartment -- (yet somehow it feels less dead and still than Hei's own) -- he says, quietly, ]
Be careful with this month's curses. They seem to have extended to 48 hours, instead of the usual 24.
[ Just a reminder, that while he's glad she's back in the City -- it remains a cesspool of chaos. ]
action; oh, okay ^///^
[ The walk to Yin's place isn't long. Yet with every step he feels like he did when he was eleven, already a soldier-in-training, with his hands on an extra set of carbines he couldn't wait to take somewhere private and examine. Which is unkind, because Yin is no weapon, or even the tool that the Syndicate considers her to be. Not for him. But he still wants to absorb every iota of her presence, not knowing how long it'll last. ]
[ At her building, he fishes the extra set of keys out of his coat. Opens the door to usher her in. In the dead stillness of her apartment -- (yet somehow it feels less dead and still than Hei's own) -- he says, quietly, ]
Be careful with this month's curses. They seem to have extended to 48 hours, instead of the usual 24.
[ Just a reminder, that while he's glad she's back in the City -- it remains a cesspool of chaos. ]