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[It was late last night when Ion was taken from the village, and it had been done so quietly it might have been impossible to know he was gone if his bedding hadn't been thrown around the room.]

[But he wasn't gone for very long, as it's less than a day later that Ion returns to the village sometime in the early evening. At a glance, he might just

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[cluelessflower]

[ Sophie is ... wandering around when she spots him.

And she's confused as to why he's just sitting there, doing nothing.

So she stares at him. ]

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[cluelessflower]

[ Eventually, she stops rubbing her eyes to see if he's done anything yet - she moves them off to the side and out of the way, opening her eyes again.

And then she notices he's peeking at her from between his fingertips, so she moves her hands back into their previous positions, and peeks at him in a similar fashion. ]

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[Oh, now she's doing the same thing he's doing! Again. Maybe he's supposed to be the one doing things? Oh, but what could he do...?]

[He just lowers his hands into his lap again. Still staring.]

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[cluelessflower]

[ And Sophie follows, lowering her hands into her lap as well.

Still staring. ]

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[soreplaceable]

[Is she blinking this time? Ion learned from the first time that not blinking isn't good, so hopefully she's blinking.]

[...unless she's different? He doesn't really notice if she is or not. He's not sure what he looks like, after all.]

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[cluelessflower]

[ Nope, no blinking going on over here. No blinking at all!

She is keeping her eyes open, just staring at him. It is sort of an odd feeling to not blink, but ... she isn't going to blink still.

Just stare. ]

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[soreplaceable]

[Now that Ion knows not blinking hurts, he thinks maybe she's feeling that same pain he had moments ago. Maybe she didn't know she had to blink? He leans forward a little and blinks slowly a few times.]

[action] THIS IS REALLY LATE. IF YOU DON'T WANNA BACKTAG THIS, THAT'S OKAY.

[cluelessflower]

[ And she does the same, leaning forward and blinking slowly.

Your actions. They do not get past the Sophie. ]

[action] THE ULTIMATE STARING CONTEST MUST GO ON. B)

[soreplaceable]

[Oh. So she can blink! For some reason, it makes him feel a little better knowing that.]

[But that doesn't do much about his current situation, so he's just going to lean back again, letting out a tiny sigh as he does so.]

[action] AWW YEAH B)!!!

[cluelessflower]

[ Then she will do the same, leaning back and letting out a tiny sigh, as well. And she keeps her eyes fixated on him, to make sure that she doesn't miss one movement.

She is so intrigued and confused. ]

[action] .../EVEN IF I AM SLOW FOREVER

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[Ion doesn't really know enough to be confused at this point. He's still adjusting to the whole "I exist now" thing.]

[Staaaaare.]

[action] IT'S OKAY BB I AM SLOW TOO ;A;

[cluelessflower]

[ And she is just going to staaaare back.

Then maybe test to see if he'll follow her movements again. And she moves one arm up randomly, and then moves it back down slowly. ]