The quiet is also why Soujirou is in the rafters - it's the best place he found to read. He's surprised to see someone else there, though, and even more surprised to notice that she has the aura of a killer, or possibly a warrior, or both. Definitely, she has dealt in blood. Takes one to know one.
But Soujirou doesn't mind. He smiles one of his more genuine smiles, and nods politely toward the girl. He isn't sure if she wants to be disturbed.
It's a long moment before she smiles back, and when she does it's tentative, more as if she's remembering how to be polite than with any kind of real cheer. But it's still there, and she doesn't look away.
--Well. Doesn't look away from his general vicinity. Her eye contact is strange; it lasts a little too long, and then her gaze slides away to focus on something by his left ear, by his right shoulder.
It occurs to Soujirou that the girl may be a little bit disturbed. Again, he doesn't mind, because again, it takes one to know one.
"Hello," he says quietly, so as not to disturb the peace of the rafters, "I'm Seta Soujirou." He leaves the statement open. He's introducing himself, but making no obligation for the girl to do so in return, or even respond if she doesn't wish to. He rather hopes she will, though.
Kyra tends to feel the same way about the rafters, which explains why she's up there now. River, when she spots her, gets a curious, amused kind of look.
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This may explain why he's looking up into the rafters, tail wagging as he barks very excitedly.
It's a good smell!
Jordan, meanwhile, has her hands over her ears, scowling at her dog.
"Benny. Be quiet!"
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"Everybody can hear," she says to him seriously.
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People are not supposed to be that high!
Jordan, meanwhile, looks up, eyes going wide.
"How did you climb up there?"
Maybe she used Sam as a step-stool. He would make a good one!
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"You can find the ladders."
Jordan's getting much the same look as Benny did: a softening of the face, and a very faint twist of a smile underlaying her words.
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But Soujirou doesn't mind. He smiles one of his more genuine smiles, and nods politely toward the girl. He isn't sure if she wants to be disturbed.
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It's a long moment before she smiles back, and when she does it's tentative, more as if she's remembering how to be polite than with any kind of real cheer. But it's still there, and she doesn't look away.
--Well. Doesn't look away from his general vicinity. Her eye contact is strange; it lasts a little too long, and then her gaze slides away to focus on something by his left ear, by his right shoulder.
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"Hello," he says quietly, so as not to disturb the peace of the rafters, "I'm Seta Soujirou." He leaves the statement open. He's introducing himself, but making no obligation for the girl to do so in return, or even respond if she doesn't wish to. He rather hopes she will, though.
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"River," she says after a moment of silent study.
Beat.
"Hi."
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A Hiro.
Flopped out in a sea of comicbooks, staring at the ceiling too, unfocused with his glasses off.
He's had a long day, you see. A little sore, still, but recovering from his time with his friends at Homeland Security.
He spies River; he smiles up at her briefly, but then his face goes slack again. He's --
He's been better.
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That's before she flinches halfway through, one hand jerking upwards and the other tightening on a rafter.
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"I'm sorry," he says, face scrunching up in plain sympathy. He knows River can't help but share the hurt.
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The logical conclusion would be that this is a hallucination; on the other hand, this is Milliways.
River settles, for the moment, for staring at her.
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PINK!
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Luckily, River's a fan of the color.
"Hi," River says blankly.
Or, perhaps, "High."
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"Hey."
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Beat.
She looks abruptly more uncertain. "Outside," she tries.
"Hi."
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She hit her head or something? It's kind of a long way down, and climbing around in a skirt can't be easy.
"Right," Kyra says, mostly to herself.
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Well, mostly at her; it's hard to tell if her eyes are focusing on Kyra, or a little ways in front of her.
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