Ā āHm?ā Seeing him flinch, she dialed back the static, not wanting him to hurt. Apparently she needed to relearn her body, with the virus fixing things. āSorry, must be a little malfunction. My bad. Iām fine though.āĀ
A couple more dragonflies joining the first, flitting down to light on her hands as she smiled. āThese? They wereā¦a gift.ā Forced on her, but a gift nonetheless.Ā
"You need me to look at anything?" Ā The Master wasnāt going to let an old friend be malfunctioning. Ā With as much time as heās had with Charlene, he knew a thing or two. Ā The dragonflies continued around her, as he spotted them coming in. Ā "Or uh, need some insect repellent?"
āNo, Iām fine, really.ā Smiling, she pressed a soft kiss to his cheek before straightening. āAnd no, I like them, theyāre pretty. They donāt bother me.ā Ā The two that had joined the first one flitting back to where they had come from, and leaving the one to go back to her hair. He wouldnāt like it if he pressed the case.Ā
So she was trying to distract him, letting her body peek from beneath her hair as she moved about the room, offering him a chair.Ā
He kept an eye on her, but wouldn't press the matter. Ā She was a trusted friend, though with everything that had happened between him and Ian, he had to tell someone about it. Ā "There's something I've got to talk to you about, Tess. Ā There's something going on with these Nons, and they're not being kind. Ā To anyone. Ā They're something going on with them..."
