[ Since becoming accustomed to Communion, Gray has felt many foreign emotions bleeding into her, oftentimes without intention. The common etiquette is to pretend that you haven't noticed the other Shard-Bearer's emotions, and it's doubly true when it comes to someone as proud as Rin. Yet Gray is a bit nosier than she ought to be in that regard; she hangs onto the clues she's given like they're a mystery to be solved even if she considers herself a poor detective.
She finds no condescension or impatience as she might have expected from Rin's forceful commandeering of the situation. Contrary to Rin's penchant for straightforward action, it feels like there's a lot she's holding back, vulnerabilities behind a curtain that shrouds their definition. But it's enough to give Gray an idea that the measured distance between them is a product of worry more than anything else, which in itself comes as a surprise.
Wordlessly, Gray presents her Shard for Rin to bloody. Still devoid of Meridian energy, her own emotions are more mellow than they otherwise would be. But a knife sanded smooth still retains a point; beneath her usual layers of quiet warmth and self-deprecation, beneath her real gratitude and curiosity toward Rin, lies a bump of shame and anxiety that colors her like a bruise. ]
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She finds no condescension or impatience as she might have expected from Rin's forceful commandeering of the situation. Contrary to Rin's penchant for straightforward action, it feels like there's a lot she's holding back, vulnerabilities behind a curtain that shrouds their definition. But it's enough to give Gray an idea that the measured distance between them is a product of worry more than anything else, which in itself comes as a surprise.
Wordlessly, Gray presents her Shard for Rin to bloody. Still devoid of Meridian energy, her own emotions are more mellow than they otherwise would be. But a knife sanded smooth still retains a point; beneath her usual layers of quiet warmth and self-deprecation, beneath her real gratitude and curiosity toward Rin, lies a bump of shame and anxiety that colors her like a bruise. ]