Every word. Why that word might have been chosen over another. The tone in Jack's voice. They way they settled in lines about his mouth. What was said and what was not. And she held it all, piecing it together into something that accounted for the man before her."
"The Boeshane Peninsula," she repeated, tasted the way it sounded.
The place where the posters were from, she suspected. But those were mentioned in a moment of distress and she would not mention them now. It remained as it was before. Just another piece.
Reinette allowed herself a small portion of her sandwich.
no subject
Reinette wondered if he even suspected.
Every word. Why that word might have been chosen over another. The tone in Jack's voice. They way they settled in lines about his mouth. What was said and what was not. And she held it all, piecing it together into something that accounted for the man before her."
"The Boeshane Peninsula," she repeated, tasted the way it sounded.
The place where the posters were from, she suspected. But those were mentioned in a moment of distress and she would not mention them now. It remained as it was before. Just another piece.
Reinette allowed herself a small portion of her sandwich.