He half-smiles, a slight brightening of his flat expression.
"It's all right. I'm taller."
This kind of helpfulness isn't characteristic of him, per se, but Darcy is the sort of person who might bring it out even if he hadn't known her in another time and place. In this case, there are things he needs to know about how much she knows... whether or not she remembers anything he'd consider compromising. But the fact that he didn't see any recognition in her face just now, that she hasn't called him Zaki and didn't seem relieved to see him, suggests a number of answers already.
He moves slowly towards the shining creature, straightening his posture and craning his neck, but not yet lifting his arms. Then -- there! He grabs it.
It immediately bites the pad at the base of his thumb, then whooshes back off in Darcy's direction, much too high for either of them to reach.
"You have to be kidding me." That's not directed at her.
[Yay! I just don't want to weird you out too much with his existing crush on her. It's definitely fading by this point, but unless something major happened to change his general view of her, he'd always have at least an abstract fondness for her and an interest in her general well-being.]
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"It's all right. I'm taller."
This kind of helpfulness isn't characteristic of him, per se, but Darcy is the sort of person who might bring it out even if he hadn't known her in another time and place. In this case, there are things he needs to know about how much she knows... whether or not she remembers anything he'd consider compromising. But the fact that he didn't see any recognition in her face just now, that she hasn't called him Zaki and didn't seem relieved to see him, suggests a number of answers already.
He moves slowly towards the shining creature, straightening his posture and craning his neck, but not yet lifting his arms. Then -- there! He grabs it.
It immediately bites the pad at the base of his thumb, then whooshes back off in Darcy's direction, much too high for either of them to reach.
"You have to be kidding me." That's not directed at her.
[Yay! I just don't want to weird you out too much with his existing crush on her. It's definitely fading by this point, but unless something major happened to change his general view of her, he'd always have at least an abstract fondness for her and an interest in her general well-being.]