[The way Fedyor straightens up, falls into a clearly practiced pose, is the first time that Athena thinks twice about how casually she treats Kirigan. Yeah, she knows he's powerful, she knows he's hundreds of years old--does Fedyor?--she knows he's in charge where he comes from.
But it's the first time she's seen someone react to Kirigan in the context of him being in charge. It makes her feel a little awkward, a little shy, particularly when Fedyor phrases their arrival as an interruption. She doesn't have to think hard to get at the meaning between the lines there.
So, uncharacteristically, she goes quiet, biting the inside of her lip nervously and waiting to see what happens next.]
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But it's the first time she's seen someone react to Kirigan in the context of him being in charge. It makes her feel a little awkward, a little shy, particularly when Fedyor phrases their arrival as an interruption. She doesn't have to think hard to get at the meaning between the lines there.
So, uncharacteristically, she goes quiet, biting the inside of her lip nervously and waiting to see what happens next.]