He needed help? That, he hadn't anticipated. He wasn't sure what he thought he was going to say, but a question of help was not part of any half-formed scenario he had managed to concoct in the time between his question and Kadaj's answer. He stood for a second, and his eyes narrowed a little, as much in confusion as suspicion.
Then he looked him over, just with a quick glance, and saw that he wasn't armed. That was a relief. He didn't want to have to deal with that possibility at all.
"Certainly," he said, his voice polite, but slightly wary.
He stood back from the door enough to allow Kadaj to go through it. Not many people had sought to enter his new domain and Even had not expected to ever see Kadaj in it. The boy had a natural distrust of scientists -- unsurprising considering what he had been through -- so he had never considered any scenario where he would willingly walk into a laboratory, even one unfurnished, especially occupied by him.
Kadaj seemed unsure, Even noticed. He had grown used to him walking around like nothing scared him, like he had nothing to fear from anybody, so seeing him looking so cautious, and sounding so earnest, seemed unusual.
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Date: 2016-01-24 10:24 pm (UTC)He needed help? That, he hadn't anticipated. He wasn't sure what he thought he was going to say, but a question of help was not part of any half-formed scenario he had managed to concoct in the time between his question and Kadaj's answer. He stood for a second, and his eyes narrowed a little, as much in confusion as suspicion.
Then he looked him over, just with a quick glance, and saw that he wasn't armed. That was a relief. He didn't want to have to deal with that possibility at all.
"Certainly," he said, his voice polite, but slightly wary.
He stood back from the door enough to allow Kadaj to go through it. Not many people had sought to enter his new domain and Even had not expected to ever see Kadaj in it. The boy had a natural distrust of scientists -- unsurprising considering what he had been through -- so he had never considered any scenario where he would willingly walk into a laboratory, even one unfurnished, especially occupied by him.
Kadaj seemed unsure, Even noticed. He had grown used to him walking around like nothing scared him, like he had nothing to fear from anybody, so seeing him looking so cautious, and sounding so earnest, seemed unusual.