very sure-footed
oh, the joy of hearing one's own voice!
the way he called it out, stirring me from the beautiful depths of calibration, statistics, the universe, as though he'd been looking for me, as though he'd known me his whole life.
it was no mere utterance, but exclamation! it was exclamation with an exclamation mark even - this [ | ] and this [ . ]
and it was not just my name on his lips; it was the thrill that he knew it at all, the immediate understanding that he recognized me, recognized my profile, that understanding that hit me when I looked up to see whose voice had called my name.
the way he called it out, stirring me from the beautiful depths of calibration, statistics, the universe, as though he'd been looking for me, as though he'd known me his whole life.
it was no mere utterance, but exclamation! it was exclamation with an exclamation mark even - this [ | ] and this [ . ]
and it was not just my name on his lips; it was the thrill that he knew it at all, the immediate understanding that he recognized me, recognized my profile, that understanding that hit me when I looked up to see whose voice had called my name.