[ She laughs and shakes her head. Yes, breaks are for people whose brains are boring. Thankfully, Kaz has never been boring, not even when he's needed to take a second or two for himself. She often encourages it so he doesn't burn out.
Inej patiently waits, taking this as an opportunity to listen to him properly. Nothing about his gait has changed. The time it takes for him to reach the floor is still around the same time it took for him when she was on land and able to be on his heels rather than his pocket. Is it wrong she's grateful that she can be gone and the Slat is still the same? That he is, despite the changes he's been making around him? ]
The staircase still creaks. Jesper tried to tell me that Anika fixed it.
[ She clucks her tongue. It's easier to joke about the stairs than to ask what's really on her mind, which is whether or not his leg is giving him pain tonight. She doesn't think he'd want to hear that question when the answer's always the same. ]
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Inej patiently waits, taking this as an opportunity to listen to him properly. Nothing about his gait has changed. The time it takes for him to reach the floor is still around the same time it took for him when she was on land and able to be on his heels rather than his pocket. Is it wrong she's grateful that she can be gone and the Slat is still the same? That he is, despite the changes he's been making around him? ]
The staircase still creaks. Jesper tried to tell me that Anika fixed it.
[ She clucks her tongue. It's easier to joke about the stairs than to ask what's really on her mind, which is whether or not his leg is giving him pain tonight. She doesn't think he'd want to hear that question when the answer's always the same. ]