Re: Room 12: Janus A/Steve M
Oh, a lecturer. I hadn't thought of that. Maybe these academics are used to talking about other people. [She was quite serious, thinking this over.] I kept thinking he meant me whenever he didn't say "I."
[Relief suffused the starlet features, clearly visible as the sunglasses sank a millimeter on her nose as some of the tension ran out of her eyes and temples.] I didn't know if you would understand. [Janis ran her fingertips over her full lower lip, sighing as she ran her front teeth over the spot a second later, dropping her hand. The headache was becoming intense.] I know you are. He only knows maybe five men, and you're literally the most attractive person anyone has ever met. [She smiled as she said it.] Getting a headache, I'm going to change, don't freak out.
[And she did. The soldier again. No headache. He pulled the sunglasses off.]