Kiernan/Juliette | Commoners’ District – Park | 11:00am
"You won't?" Her incredulity surely shone through her voice. To be released but two senior guild members seemed completely unlikely, and she did not have the early hour to blame on her absence from the training yards this time. "Truly?"
(The thought came of just how pathetic she must look that everyone assumed the best of her today; it barely bore considering.)
And because of his kindness, she could not help but try to give him an honest answer to his question, though it was vague all the same when it came: "Thinking." She took a long pause, pushed the swing once again, back and forth. he had a kind face, and she had known him for years. He had taught her, secretly, how to fight dirty. Perhaps she could...
No, of course not. So she shrugged, attempting not to show all of her emotions on her face (a failed venture before it began), and looking down at her lap, murmured, Thank you." For not telling, and his obvious concern, and his kindness for good measure.