[ Having drawn up her legs and folded them underneath the blanket, Claire leans her elbow on her knee and presses the seam of her mouth into the palm of her hand. The picture that she is getting of this person is obviously very charming, but she can't help but admit that's a legitimate reaction to waking up somewhere you are completely unfamiliar with, finding yourself surrounded by strange things and strange people. Claire had spent a few disorienting hours - and time after - convinced that everything here was some elaborate government punishment, after all. That doesn't excuse it, just might explain it. ]
I'm sorry that - [ She wasn't around, that she doesn't understand things pertaining to this implicitly, without the necessary explanation. ] Has he been less afraid since then?
[ Of Severus. Of the ship. Of anything. Claire can't begin to know because she doesn't know him. ]
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[ Having drawn up her legs and folded them underneath the blanket, Claire leans her elbow on her knee and presses the seam of her mouth into the palm of her hand. The picture that she is getting of this person is obviously very charming, but she can't help but admit that's a legitimate reaction to waking up somewhere you are completely unfamiliar with, finding yourself surrounded by strange things and strange people. Claire had spent a few disorienting hours - and time after - convinced that everything here was some elaborate government punishment, after all. That doesn't excuse it, just might explain it. ]
I'm sorry that - [ She wasn't around, that she doesn't understand things pertaining to this implicitly, without the necessary explanation. ] Has he been less afraid since then?
[ Of Severus. Of the ship. Of anything. Claire can't begin to know because she doesn't know him. ]