I live in a ship wreck; there's little cause for knocking.
[Was that a rhetorical question? Oh well.
She looks at him closely. She really looks at him. He doesn't look as young, but that might be less to do with age and more to do with experience. To be here as long as he apparently has is bound to leave lasting evidence. But it does knock the breath out of her, a little. She tries to keep ber face neutral, not because she's embarrassed by how she's feeling but because this is Jason and he takes advantage of every weakness.
She knows him as well as she knows herself. ]
I'd like a drink, [she says at last. What she'd like more is to touch him; face, arm, hands -- anywhere. She's smart enough to know not to. ]
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[Was that a rhetorical question? Oh well.
She looks at him closely. She really looks at him. He doesn't look as young, but that might be less to do with age and more to do with experience. To be here as long as he apparently has is bound to leave lasting evidence. But it does knock the breath out of her, a little. She tries to keep ber face neutral, not because she's embarrassed by how she's feeling but because this is Jason and he takes advantage of every weakness.
She knows him as well as she knows herself. ]
I'd like a drink, [she says at last. What she'd like more is to touch him; face, arm, hands -- anywhere. She's smart enough to know not to. ]