Altar of Twilight i keep ending up here

Alya felt a stab of annoyance as Aditya brought the conversation back around to his own concerns once more. She knew she had to get better about talking about things other than herself, but she still thought it was rather insenstive of the man to be taking the focus off of her when she was clearly so distraught.

Except, she wasn't distraught, was she?

The dark woman saw him off with wellwishes and a vague imperative to take care of himself. She watch him go until she blinked and he was out of sight, and then turned herself back toward home. Perhaps she could find entertainment with her sisters instead.