She couldn't fault him his reaction; she was being rather silly considering he'd been in decided peril not long ago and then unable to stand because of it. She simply raised her brows, indulging his snark. Clearly he was feeling well enough to manage sarcasm.
It wasn't an unwarranted or even unexpected question but it still struck her like a sour note from an out-of-tune piano. She wondered if it carried any of the same weight for him and briefly considered lying just to watch his reaction. It would be easy enough to invent a surname ... but the whim was dismissed as quickly as it came.
"It is." she replied evenly. "And I have been well, thank you. I heard you've done a bit of traveling..." Because small talk and pleasantries was definitely the normal course to take while awkwardly indisposed in a garden with one's ex.
It wasn't an unwarranted or even unexpected question but it still struck her like a sour note from an out-of-tune piano. She wondered if it carried any of the same weight for him and briefly considered lying just to watch his reaction. It would be easy enough to invent a surname ... but the whim was dismissed as quickly as it came.
"It is." she replied evenly. "And I have been well, thank you. I heard you've done a bit of traveling..." Because small talk and pleasantries was definitely the normal course to take while awkwardly indisposed in a garden with one's ex.
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