Him hearing her had never been the problem.
But it didn't seem he had a great deal of choice. He wasn't going to chase her out of the house in his night clothes. She didn't seem inclined to go. She had levitated a notebook towards him and he reached out to take it reluctantly. He didn't open it right away, but he could tell just by the edges of the pages that it would look something like his notebooks did when he was getting obsessive about something. Somewhere along the line he'd decided that being obsessively focused on new hobbies would make them more likely to stick, as a way to chase away the shadows, but so far it hadn't proven true.
He felt a little like a hostage in his own bed, pinned to the spot by his lack of clothing and unwillingness to move the sheets any further, and ringed by her frantic pacing, but — he nodded that she could continue.
But it didn't seem he had a great deal of choice. He wasn't going to chase her out of the house in his night clothes. She didn't seem inclined to go. She had levitated a notebook towards him and he reached out to take it reluctantly. He didn't open it right away, but he could tell just by the edges of the pages that it would look something like his notebooks did when he was getting obsessive about something. Somewhere along the line he'd decided that being obsessively focused on new hobbies would make them more likely to stick, as a way to chase away the shadows, but so far it hadn't proven true.
He felt a little like a hostage in his own bed, pinned to the spot by his lack of clothing and unwillingness to move the sheets any further, and ringed by her frantic pacing, but — he nodded that she could continue.
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