The words were soft and said after a moment of silent contemplation. Valerie didn’t want to cause complications, or make Julianna feel inadequate with giving advice, so she didn’t tell the elder that she could feel the difference between her normal prophetic dreams and the odd few that had left her wide awake at the dead of night drenched in sweat. No sense in them both feeling odd due to it. On the other hand it was entirely possible that it had to do with searchlight. Other people had been having strange dreams and so far nothing bad had happened.
Though, it was the topic of research that drew Valerie’s attention back, and without hesitating she added gently, “I could help you with that. I mean I know it’s the holidays but if you…”
What, don’t have plans? The blonde shrugged lightly, forgetting that just because she didn’t have any, didn’t mean the Watcher would be in the same boat. Clearing her throat she continued, “If you have a few hours free or, if you're busy with, you know, I wouldn’t mind browsing through your books. I’d look after them, no bent corners or liquids near them.”
Valerie tried to shake the hopeful tone her voice had taken on and forced herself to sip at the cooling cocoa that somehow tasted even sweeter now that it didn’t scald her tastebuds. Holiday’s didn’t really bother her, all in all they were just another day, so she offered a lopsided smile and changed the topic before the Watcher felt uncomfortable.
“Oh, no I think we covered the most important things.” Valerie took a moment, tilted her head and regarded the elder. If Elfleda had shown up to scare her off she could only imagine how she’d done it. Julianna wore a brave face but that didn’t mean she was entirely alright. “With things getting so demony of late, maybe we could meet up next week just to check in, see how things are going?”
That didn’t sound so bad, did it? She’d tried to word it carefully, so as not to offend the woman. Still, at least it showed that she cared enough to want to make sure the elder was alright. That had to count for something, right?
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on 2013-12-11 03:35 am (UTC)The words were soft and said after a moment of silent contemplation. Valerie didn’t want to cause complications, or make Julianna feel inadequate with giving advice, so she didn’t tell the elder that she could feel the difference between her normal prophetic dreams and the odd few that had left her wide awake at the dead of night drenched in sweat. No sense in them both feeling odd due to it. On the other hand it was entirely possible that it had to do with searchlight. Other people had been having strange dreams and so far nothing bad had happened.
Though, it was the topic of research that drew Valerie’s attention back, and without hesitating she added gently, “I could help you with that. I mean I know it’s the holidays but if you…”
What, don’t have plans? The blonde shrugged lightly, forgetting that just because she didn’t have any, didn’t mean the Watcher would be in the same boat. Clearing her throat she continued, “If you have a few hours free or, if you're busy with, you know, I wouldn’t mind browsing through your books. I’d look after them, no bent corners or liquids near them.”
Valerie tried to shake the hopeful tone her voice had taken on and forced herself to sip at the cooling cocoa that somehow tasted even sweeter now that it didn’t scald her tastebuds. Holiday’s didn’t really bother her, all in all they were just another day, so she offered a lopsided smile and changed the topic before the Watcher felt uncomfortable.
“Oh, no I think we covered the most important things.” Valerie took a moment, tilted her head and regarded the elder. If Elfleda had shown up to scare her off she could only imagine how she’d done it. Julianna wore a brave face but that didn’t mean she was entirely alright. “With things getting so demony of late, maybe we could meet up next week just to check in, see how things are going?”
That didn’t sound so bad, did it? She’d tried to word it carefully, so as not to offend the woman. Still, at least it showed that she cared enough to want to make sure the elder was alright. That had to count for something, right?