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He did not admonish her for her reaction, and in fact turned away, as bashful as herself - perhaps moreso! He was animate and almost afraid of her, she thought.

The comment was what disoriented her the most; then he began to elucidate on the preparation of the reed and their use, which was much easier to hear, so she ignored the previous.

oh, I — I see, she looked at the piled reeds as voraciously as he looked to the earth, and neither saw one-another. Then I will leave you to -- that, this, um. If you want me -- need me, for something further...

She was drawing away quickly, turning, hiding in plain sight.

—pardon, I have -- duties.
A curtsy, or thereabouts, her face warm her thoughts a tizzy; dismissing herself back to the palace.