[ Torn is definitely one way to put it ( though hearing it from a third party, admittedly, doesn't feel very good ). Her gaze shifts from Percival to — the rest of the scenery, briefly, because while his well wishes may be well received, she has her right to not acknowledge it. Not yet, anyway — maybe some other time, when there isn't a party happening a floor away from them.
She's fine, anyhow. ]
You were the one who called them your closest friends. [ Not her. But despite the sharpness in her words, her expression is anything but ( easily shifting the conversation away from her and into better territory, in theory ). ]
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She's fine, anyhow. ]
You were the one who called them your closest friends. [ Not her. But despite the sharpness in her words, her expression is anything but ( easily shifting the conversation away from her and into better territory, in theory ). ]