A strange, unnameable Something shivered its way up Echo's spine when she looked up into the stranger's face, and she was so startled that she almost dropped all of her books at once. She couldn't even see his eyes, but it was there, unable to be missed.

Kinship. She wasn't sure if she was elated or terrified.

"Uh." Oh, real intelligent. He was very handsome, even she could appreciate his looks. "Thank you. I should get a backpack if I'm going to check out a bunch of books, I guess."