[ Nina (who is still here, and yet has managed to let the two of them talk this out for so long that she deserves a PRIZE but what she's going to get is another uncomfortable conversation or five) almost moved to shadow Alina as she walked toward Trassel. Matthias moved first.
That made some of the tension in her relax. She knows why he moved as he did, and she trusts him to handle it. It will be good for them, she thinks, if he does.
Matthias has made... tremendous slides in how he views her, but not in how he views Grisha, not really. Hopefully, this will help with that a little too. She walks along toward them, but slowly, at her ease, and several feet behind, watching, ready to shout if she senses something different in Trassel's heartbeat - but her powers won't work to stop him, and Matthias is there, and Matthias' bond with his isenulf will be just as telling as any change she senses.
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That made some of the tension in her relax. She knows why he moved as he did, and she trusts him to handle it. It will be good for them, she thinks, if he does.
Matthias has made... tremendous slides in how he views her, but not in how he views Grisha, not really. Hopefully, this will help with that a little too. She walks along toward them, but slowly, at her ease, and several feet behind, watching, ready to shout if she senses something different in Trassel's heartbeat - but her powers won't work to stop him, and Matthias is there, and Matthias' bond with his isenulf will be just as telling as any change she senses.
So. Trusting.
Trusting sucks.
But still. Trusting. ]