• human encyclopedia mina dippet • (setsun) wrote in valesco,
Mina froze, her hands caught in the dying movement of her dress. She blinked, searching for the source of the warning when---
Immediately, her face colored. Or perhaps paled? Fortunately in this dim light, it would be difficult for anyone to tell, and for that, Mina was thankful. Already out of place from losing Sage, she felt fluster bubble in her throat. Seeing old schoolmates was very nice (she had forgotten how much energy burst from Beau Winogrand), but sometimes overwhelming, and with all the faces she had not seen nor spoken to in years---
Sticking her chin out, Mina attempted to calm herself. And that worked, almost, until she remembered the last time she had seen Louis, she erupted into a panic attack. Embarrassment was very easy to relive, so it was in a quiet way that she forced herself to respond to him.
"Are you alright?" she asked, stepping back from the slope in question. She brought her hands to her opposite elbows across her chest. "From your... slip?"
He was, after all, sitting away from most everyone else.