[It's entirely likely that if she hadn't said anything, he wouldn't have noticed her decor in the least— as it stands, he seems entirely unbothered by it; his focus is largely on the strange and unprecedented situation they have found themselves in. Even if it were not... well, who is he to comment on someone else's interior design when all he's ever considered himself to need is a desk large enough to work at comfortably and shelves enough for his books?
He offers her a humble smile as she gathers her towels, shaking his head slightly as he reaches to wring some of the water out of her hair, only to be stopped from doing so as she takes toweling it dry upon herself. He can hardly blame her, he supposes; it is quite strange looking at one's own body from without.]
I would never deny anyone a healthy curiosity— this predicament we've found ourselves in raises questions I've never considered.
[He is, despite the alarming nature of it all, shockingly calm in the face of all of this, and as she towels her own hair, he reaches to undo the complicated clasp of his cloak so that she might free herself of it, knowing full well that it weighs a considerable amount when soaked.]
Concerning modesty, however, I shall be certain to avert my own eyes. Though I am one driven by curiosity in most instances, I would still consider myself a gentleman.
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[It's entirely likely that if she hadn't said anything, he wouldn't have noticed her decor in the least— as it stands, he seems entirely unbothered by it; his focus is largely on the strange and unprecedented situation they have found themselves in. Even if it were not... well, who is he to comment on someone else's interior design when all he's ever considered himself to need is a desk large enough to work at comfortably and shelves enough for his books?
He offers her a humble smile as she gathers her towels, shaking his head slightly as he reaches to wring some of the water out of her hair, only to be stopped from doing so as she takes toweling it dry upon herself. He can hardly blame her, he supposes; it is quite strange looking at one's own body from without.]
I would never deny anyone a healthy curiosity— this predicament we've found ourselves in raises questions I've never considered.
[He is, despite the alarming nature of it all, shockingly calm in the face of all of this, and as she towels her own hair, he reaches to undo the complicated clasp of his cloak so that she might free herself of it, knowing full well that it weighs a considerable amount when soaked.]
Concerning modesty, however, I shall be certain to avert my own eyes. Though I am one driven by curiosity in most instances, I would still consider myself a gentleman.