Interesting?
She could have applauded the generous word of this female. Ever the silent lest given a reason to speak as she did, she could have assumed her reaction to the other's presence was cautious at best. Hardly worth rousing another's interest. But she was flattered.
Never the less, she maintained the countenance of calm, watching silently and carefully the posture of the unknown. Her words were not wholly callus, but neither were they kind. Declarative at best that warranted only a subtle crest of her brow.
"This is your hideaway then?" the female inquired softly, bypassing the faux pleasantries for the pertinent answer. There were no sense in fraternizing if she was indeed encroaching on someone's reserve. Better she know then make her actions from there than continue along the assumption that all was civil when it very well could not have been. |