Ryoko doesn't flinch away from using the girl's name. If anything, she applies a small weight to it in utterance and without so much as an inkling of repentance. She knows that body language. Perhaps not so well in him given that they're relatively newly acquainted, but she's familiar enough to recognize it for what it is, the significance of that pause in weighing, thinking. Coupled with the scene that played out only moments before, it means something, many uncomfortable somethings about which she is curious that Axel may not be entirely opposed to speaking about. He is speaking, after all.
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Ryoko doesn't flinch away from using the girl's name. If anything, she applies a small weight to it in utterance and without so much as an inkling of repentance. She knows that body language. Perhaps not so well in him given that they're relatively newly acquainted, but she's familiar enough to recognize it for what it is, the significance of that pause in weighing, thinking. Coupled with the scene that played out only moments before, it means something, many uncomfortable somethings about which she is curious that Axel may not be entirely opposed to speaking about. He is speaking, after all.