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Hallie was utterly delighted at the offer of his hand. "Well, I suppose I thought you'd hear me better if I was down here," she said, curling her hair behind her ear and taking his hand in her gloved one. Once standing, she brushed off her skirt and squared her posture to an eerily perfect T.
"Is there a reason you aren't answering the question? It's not a normal occurrence, to be lying on the ground obstructing the corridors. And with a splotchy face, too." She put a hand on her hip and quirked her head to the side, maintaining an air of curiosity.
The way she stood was straighter than Agatha. And Happygoody, as he learned, was a ballet dancer. Watching Aldrich straighten up was a bit like watching the defense dummies right themselves. Automaton-like putting herself back together for it was entirely too perfect. Something about that hinted that she might be the sort of person who would have understood the position of having less intense emotions.
Maybe.
He'd never seen Halcyon lose it.
Cutty shook his head. "
No." Came the simple answer to the first question. "
If yer must know, I was experiencing an upset. My father." That was all. Just his father.