( magical labyrinth of hope and wonder )

[thanoodles]

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[yeahithappens]

[This is... so beyond her. How did she even end up in here? Confusion is an euphemism for what she feels, staring for a long, frozen moment before she drops her shoulders, grimacing.]

What?

[concevait]

[ Grass and greenery. Greenery was good. Green was a positive, calming colour. Cesar planted his feet firmly in the earth and breathed in deeply - there was no toxic after tang of burning rubber here, no billowing exhaust fumes, no black petrol staining the air. It was cool and clean and completely lacking in any of the sharp blackness he’d come to associate with leaving his house. It was... manageable. ]

[ But the sound of movement and a voice startled him. He twists quickly to confront the source and knows that just because said source seems to be a lost woman it doesn’t make it any less a potential threat. His face is closed and defensive as he presses his lips in to a thin, wary line. ]

Hello.

[ It’s a greeting, he supposes, but his tone is completely devoid of any warmth or feeling - so perhaps it is no real greeting at all. ]

[yeahithappens]

[She isn't necessarily scared or startled, just very tense. Weird circumstances with a man she's never met before don't mix up very well, but Danielle knows her way around.]

... Hey.

[concevait]

[ mmm tension. There's a loaded pause as Cesar half turns away as if to leave but warily keeps his eyes trained on the woman. He waits silently, gauging the way she stands and the tone of her voice, before hesitantly asking: ]

This garden, is it yours?

[yeahithappens]

What? [She frowns, short of an incredulous laugh. Of course he has no way of knowing that, but a place like this wouldn't even belong to her in a dream.] No. I'm just lost here.

Very, very lost.