After locking up the apartment and getting out on the street, Maisie answered his question where she was sure that she would be able to look at him while speaking. She never wanted him to get lost in their conversations.
"It's just a couple blocks. We can walk!" She said with a bit of a bounce in her step, her hands fluttering along. The pace she set wasn't too leisurely, nor was it very quick. The perfect way for a trip to dinner, she thought.
She tucked some of that long hair behind her ear, still smiling, "I feel terrible. I realized yesterday that I never really asked how you were after we said goodbye, and I was just so beside myself when I got home... So, how are things, Oriel?"