I hardly thought you'd meant things to go this way.
[It just... snowballed, really. If Bakura was actively trying to get rid of her, he'd have been less delicate about it, she thinks. More direct. This seemed more, looking back, like he almost couldn't stop himself laying it bare. That, too, will bear examination.]
[Improbably, she pats one of his hands before letting go. Raine herself is not entirely sure why, but she makes herself brisk.]
Good. I'll get back to you with a precise date in a little while.
[Which may coincide with how long it takes her to think this through to her satisfaction. Raine picks her coffee back up to finish the tail end of it, then, a gesture made with some intent. When she is leaving, it is because she has things to do and thoughts that need examination. Not because she is running. And that's as much for her benefit as his.]
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I hardly thought you'd meant things to go this way.
[It just... snowballed, really. If Bakura was actively trying to get rid of her, he'd have been less delicate about it, she thinks. More direct. This seemed more, looking back, like he almost couldn't stop himself laying it bare. That, too, will bear examination.]
[Improbably, she pats one of his hands before letting go. Raine herself is not entirely sure why, but she makes herself brisk.]
Good. I'll get back to you with a precise date in a little while.
[Which may coincide with how long it takes her to think this through to her satisfaction. Raine picks her coffee back up to finish the tail end of it, then, a gesture made with some intent. When she is leaving, it is because she has things to do and thoughts that need examination. Not because she is running. And that's as much for her benefit as his.]