[she lets him take her hands, and she holds her breath as he kneels there silently; she knows that he must be listening. but that reaction, that need to listen, scares her. it isn't what she was expecting. mentally, she's now desperately trying to work out exactly what is going on. because she can't understand why he's acting like he hasn't heard the...thing...already. she's been hearing it--them--for days and in buildings all over the Plane. he has to have heard them before--doesn't he?]
[as they listen now, she doesn't hear anything at first either--until right in the middle of him speaking. she flinches reflexively, her hands tensing in his grip, but she can't miss the fact that he doesn't react at all. she swallows hard]
It's that. But if you didn't hear it...scuttling...just now, maybe we should restart this conversation.
[she doesn't know what else to say. what do you say when someone close to you has just gently pointed out that you're apparently hearing things? because while she doesn't know what hearing invisible creatures in the floor might mean, she's sure it can't be anything good]
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[as they listen now, she doesn't hear anything at first either--until right in the middle of him speaking. she flinches reflexively, her hands tensing in his grip, but she can't miss the fact that he doesn't react at all. she swallows hard]
It's that. But if you didn't hear it...scuttling...just now, maybe we should restart this conversation.
[she doesn't know what else to say. what do you say when someone close to you has just gently pointed out that you're apparently hearing things? because while she doesn't know what hearing invisible creatures in the floor might mean, she's sure it can't be anything good]