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Watching her Differently
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2026-09-21 04:41:09Kaelan was the first to notice the change in himself. Nevertheless, he thought that on certain days Cassius saw much more than he admitted.
Each room she walked into seemed altered. It wasn't louder, nor indeed brighter, but instead became reoriented, just as a compass needle does the moment it is released from whatever had been keeping it steady in the wrong direction. He found himself, without intending to, following her movements across the negotiating table, noting little things whic
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Kaelan was the first to notice the change in himself. Nevertheless, he thought that on certain days Cassius saw much more than he admitted.Each room she walked into seemed altered. It wasn't louder, nor indeed brighter, but instead became reoriented, just as a compass needle does the moment it is released from whatever had been keeping it steady in the wrong direction. He found himself, without intending to, following her movements across the negotiating table, noting little things which weren't really within his place to observe, such as the way she pushed a strand of hair behind when she was concentrating, and the particular quiet she would adopt just before saying something she had carefully arranged.He had said that he would wait. He really meant it, and each day the significance of that meant more to him.One evening he found himself standing outside her door for the same reason as he had during that first week, before this situation had a name given to it. He
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