She was about to respond and say I know, I wasn't thinking, because even if she had been thinking she did know, when Ari announced his arrival to the parlor.
Zelda stared straight at Dio, tempted to blurt help! yet again.
Maybe if she never moved or spoke, Ari would forget she was here. She would just be a statue, unmoving and left alone, and then eventually Ari would wander off and Dionisia could get the salve and then it would be like there had never been a mark on her neck at all. Of course, Ari was far more observant than that, and that he was here probably meant that her being caught was inevitable.
At least, Zelda thought weakly, reminding herself, Ari isn't Roslyn.
She had evaluated her risks, after all, and she had chose to risk exactly this. But knowing she would probably have to face it made her wish, distantly, that she had tried out Katia.
"A... pimple," she said weakly, because she could neither out and say it nor could she stay frozen in the parlor like a frightened rabbit. She was still just staring at Dio, though "Very ugly."
Zelda stared straight at Dio, tempted to blurt help! yet again.
Maybe if she never moved or spoke, Ari would forget she was here. She would just be a statue, unmoving and left alone, and then eventually Ari would wander off and Dionisia could get the salve and then it would be like there had never been a mark on her neck at all. Of course, Ari was far more observant than that, and that he was here probably meant that her being caught was inevitable.
At least, Zelda thought weakly, reminding herself, Ari isn't Roslyn.
She had evaluated her risks, after all, and she had chose to risk exactly this. But knowing she would probably have to face it made her wish, distantly, that she had tried out Katia.
"A... pimple," she said weakly, because she could neither out and say it nor could she stay frozen in the parlor like a frightened rabbit. She was still just staring at Dio, though "Very ugly."
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