"Oh," Zelda said, frowning. She'd expected that, but she was disappointed anyways — the longer she was here the less she had to be in her empty bedroom later, and if she couldn't come up with an excuse to stay later, she probably was going to have to just go home and finish her paperwork tomorrow. Damn.

"Did you need him for something?" she asked. She might have puttered away, but there was the scarf in his hands, and she was hesitant to relinquish the man (and the scarf) under these circumstances. Also, he just seemed very jumpy, and that was very weird of him.

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