[ while the man acts as her living shield, lilina attempts to calm both her body and mind. mildly fearful she would get punished for the noise she'd made, she had been tense, waiting. but then the man speaks, and after so long not hearing a sound, let alone a voice, even the low gruffness of his is a soothing one. a balm of relief on otherwise frayed nerves.
face flushed, she looks back up at him, mouth still hidden behind the cloth he helps her hold up. eyes a little glassy from her coughing fit, she looks near-tears, but she nods in response to him all the same. her much smaller hands close around his briefly, a silent squeeze of reassurance. he can bring the cloth down now... ]
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face flushed, she looks back up at him, mouth still hidden behind the cloth he helps her hold up. eyes a little glassy from her coughing fit, she looks near-tears, but she nods in response to him all the same. her much smaller hands close around his briefly, a silent squeeze of reassurance. he can bring the cloth down now... ]