* many sisters avoid her 𝓁𝑖𝑘𝑒 the plague.
“ a pleasure to meet you﹐ carol. i'm lysandra 𖬺 𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚—— give yourself some credit, i'm sure you're a 𝑏rilliant writer. ”
“ don't worry. 𝒾 make an effort to be sociable﹐ but the results 𝙙𝙤𝙣'𝙩 always match my intention. ” in the white tower everything was complicated after her abilities were known 𖬺 *
"Sorry, wish you had warned me. Didn't mean to subject you to the unimaginable horrors." Small laugh to make a joke, but she truly hopes the sunglasses help.
If she needs to look into her eyes, it should be enough of a barrier.
"Thats very cool, nice to meet you. I am Carol +
“ 𝓉hat much i know. ” had glimpsed fragments﹐ 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 whole﹐ but she wouldn't expose the details of something heartbreaking.
“ you are welcome. as for your 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.̲.̲.̲ ” hand *
"Oh you don't want to be in this head." She does the little circles on the side of her head "Its all tucked in there. Ask any therapist I've seen more than once." Which was zero. Small laugh as she gives a nod, going to retrieve some sun glasses "thanks for the heads up. At +
𝑔entle smile﹐ sympathetic. “ it 𝒘𝒐𝒏'𝒕 affect you negatively﹐ don't worry. 𝒾 only see too much about people's lives when i look into their eyes 𖬺 i d̲o̲n̲'̲t̲ want to invade *
Theres only a seconds worth if eye contact but she can tell the other is uncomfortable so she too avoids it.
"I dont take anything personal." A lie "but thats good to know. Would wearing sunglasses work? I can run and gets some that way you cant see into my eyes." She isn't +
𝑎fter carol's expression﹐ a 𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒇 eye contact with the woman. unintentionally seeing the depths of those irises .̲.̲.̲ old griefs﹐ fresh wounds—— 𝑙𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡﹐ lysandra wished this was something *
She turns to face the other, bright smile as she notices the other avoiding eye contact. "Yeah--I came up with the idea when I had two in one room. I had to save space if I wanted to work."
𝑎ttention on the board﹐ 𝑑𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑦 avoiding eye contact. instead, a nod of acknowledgment. “ smart way to s͟a͟v͟e͟ space﹐ some could learn from you. ”
"Well the cool thing about my board." She slides the board to the side, revealing a different board "things ive learned about them". Then does it again revealing a third one with book notes. And a to do list.
“ 𝓉iring already﹐ but i will cope. ” deliberately 𝒂𝒗𝒐𝒊𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 meeting her gaze﹐ eyes fixed somewhere off to the side.
“ you can serve yourself. ” extending her hand, pushing breakfast forward.
"You would be shocked to see what I eat. Its mostly the women that keep their husband's from our establishment if we're not careful. Oh they're cute, just not great for getting people inside a tavern."
“ 𝒾 know that better than most﹐ but animals 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 pretend to be something they aren't﹐ not like humans do. ” 𝑔aze moves from the woman﹐ to the drow͟s͟y͟ bat. “ she won't bite you. ”