[The idea that she's truly worrying over him wouldn't occur to him. Neuvillette is many things, but one thing he is not is someone who has a clear view of himself through the eyes of others - after all, that would require having a clear view of what the world is like through anyone else's eyes at all.
He, like Furina, has a carefully controlled image - one that is in many ways the opposite of hers, the counterbalance. The fickle Archon and the serious-to-a-fault Iudex; the expressive actress, her true feelings known to none, and the inscrutable judge, whose emotions are laid bare for anyone who knows how to look in the right place.
He doesn't know how deeply Furina believes in that image of him. Certainly she knows him better than most, knows the ways in which his feelings do express themselves. But the idea that she might be worried over him is not one that would enter his mind, because in order to get there, he would have to know exactly how much she had ever bought into the invulnerable front he puts up, and that's not something he is at liberty to know. Even with all his knowledge of her secrets, in that regard, he cannot claim to know her heart.]
Let's. And not that room, it might be worth the attempt to find one drier, or at least where the water is more controlled.
[And one where the door to the outside hasn't been standing open, allowing the wind to blast raindrops in willy-nilly. Straight-backed as ever, Neuvillette gives Furina an 'after you' bow, and once she's through, he squeezes after her.]
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He, like Furina, has a carefully controlled image - one that is in many ways the opposite of hers, the counterbalance. The fickle Archon and the serious-to-a-fault Iudex; the expressive actress, her true feelings known to none, and the inscrutable judge, whose emotions are laid bare for anyone who knows how to look in the right place.
He doesn't know how deeply Furina believes in that image of him. Certainly she knows him better than most, knows the ways in which his feelings do express themselves. But the idea that she might be worried over him is not one that would enter his mind, because in order to get there, he would have to know exactly how much she had ever bought into the invulnerable front he puts up, and that's not something he is at liberty to know. Even with all his knowledge of her secrets, in that regard, he cannot claim to know her heart.]
Let's. And not that room, it might be worth the attempt to find one drier, or at least where the water is more controlled.
[And one where the door to the outside hasn't been standing open, allowing the wind to blast raindrops in willy-nilly. Straight-backed as ever, Neuvillette gives Furina an 'after you' bow, and once she's through, he squeezes after her.]