A hand on her shoulder.
It's cold but hot, solid yet fading, it's a complete contradiction.
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ใOh but dear little 'Sister.' I'm all around you.ใ
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His voice is clear in her ear but the moment she turns hed be gone again, only his laugh echoing about.
โI donโt believe you. Youโre clearly after something if youโre here. Why donโt you show yourself?โ
Guard up, talking back to the glitch like sounds she continues to hear but his full apparition have yet to appear.
- instead of being alarmed by this, Dottore instead took a step closer. Bending down just a tad to meet his 'gaze'
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ใThis forest really does hold endless surprises heh.ใ
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Consider him fully invested, for better or for worse who knew.
His presence was immediately noticed, but the Doctor didn't turn to fully face this 'Fairy' until he finished collecting another bug in a tube.
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ใI must say you're exceptionally skilled at hiding your presence.ใ
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That mask hides his gaze bit just that smile alone -
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- at his new arrivals appearance but..
...more then his physical looks it was his 'Self' that intrigued Dottore more, his instincts were screaming.
The unconscious mind seem to react negatively to this person's very existence in such close proximity, but -
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ใHa. You place your self worth a big TOO high on my view dear Columbina. Can I simply not vist .แฃใ
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The glitches were more erratic now, his visage visible for longer seconds as time passed around her.
Was he manifesting more completely .แฃ or was this yet another ploy.
Guard up, still hearing the voices of ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐. Her serene features held inner wrath on the inside but also a conflicting feeling of concern.
โI want to know, what are you after? Are you once again seeking my power to become a false divinity?โ
- a bug or two when they emerged, he even managed to snag a few drops of sap from some of these trees which only made him MORE curious.
This place was a playground, a unexplored fascinatingly contradictory in this winter wasteland it made him want to giggle.
That... thing had no real 'weight' to it's presence, it was like looking at a blank spot in reality, the sort of thing most common people overlook every day.
He had just stood there, arms calmly behind him and stare dead center on the shadow before it walked away, with it's -
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โwhich it wasnโt, but it still seemed that way
แ แ The forest seemed to ignore its new location and simply chose to adopt the atmosphere and season that felt most comfortable to it
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- added to his growing interest, the weather, this light, the sights, the smells, the bugs, the shadows, EVERYTHING here was so calmly 'present' it was almost eerily fear inducing for any lesser man.
As he walked he collected samples naturally.
A leaf here, a stick there, -