[He watches her ascent like a hawk, and while there's malice in it, there's no real intent to harm. She's moving away from him, so he doesn't sense any danger or possibility of her coming up to knock him down. Not yet, anyways.
When their eyes meet, he lifts his chin, some suppressed emotion twitching on his face. It's her confusion about it that throws him off, and starts to realize their connection is already... different. He thought maybe she'd succeeded in shutting him out, literally closed the door in his face, but now he's thinking otherwise. Now it feels like that bond was only active on his side, and it was trying to find her again. Which didn't make any sense.]
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When their eyes meet, he lifts his chin, some suppressed emotion twitching on his face. It's her confusion about it that throws him off, and starts to realize their connection is already... different. He thought maybe she'd succeeded in shutting him out, literally closed the door in his face, but now he's thinking otherwise. Now it feels like that bond was only active on his side, and it was trying to find her again. Which didn't make any sense.]
Don't you remember?
[His tone, at least, was a little softer.]