[ Now both hands cup her knees as she stares at him from where she's lurched backward a degree, looking all the world like some dessert animal with enormous eyes. ]
What do you mean? [ Blink. Blink. She blushes under his scrutiny, though perhaps not for the reason he'd settle upon. Not a shred of subtlety in this one, that much is true. Yet she'd not intended to be crafty. ] I'm speaking honestly.
[ In defiance of etiquette training, she openly 'ha-rumphs' at him; her bangs flutter as the expels the air, her lower lip coaxed to a more obvious pout. ]
You ought not tease a purehearted maiden, Paul Atreides!
i'm already weeping (at least he gets to do somewhat normal teen stuff in this thread)
What do you mean? [ Blink. Blink. She blushes under his scrutiny, though perhaps not for the reason he'd settle upon. Not a shred of subtlety in this one, that much is true. Yet she'd not intended to be crafty. ] I'm speaking honestly.
[ In defiance of etiquette training, she openly 'ha-rumphs' at him; her bangs flutter as the expels the air, her lower lip coaxed to a more obvious pout. ]
You ought not tease a purehearted maiden, Paul Atreides!