[Her eyes flick over to him as soon as he looks away, naturally.]
... S'sorta the first time I've ever been really worried that other people might disappear right out from under my nose, before.
I wasn't that way about any of the others. SAD, but not... worried.
[Because they'd all been people she hadn't been talking to immediately beforehand... Oh. Well, except... for that time she'd thought Phoenix might disappear while he slept. But... she doesn't exactly wanna think about that. Even if it hadn't come to pass... the fact that he'd vanished later anyway just made recalling it unpleasant.]
... Are you worried?
[The underlying question of 'I'm not weird for feeling that way, right?' is fairly obvious in her tone. Being frank about her own feelings has always made other people more willing to open up, in Heather's experience...]
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... S'sorta the first time I've ever been really worried that other people might disappear right out from under my nose, before.
I wasn't that way about any of the others. SAD, but not... worried.
[Because they'd all been people she hadn't been talking to immediately beforehand... Oh. Well, except... for that time she'd thought Phoenix might disappear while he slept. But... she doesn't exactly wanna think about that. Even if it hadn't come to pass... the fact that he'd vanished later anyway just made recalling it unpleasant.]
... Are you worried?
[The underlying question of 'I'm not weird for feeling that way, right?' is fairly obvious in her tone. Being frank about her own feelings has always made other people more willing to open up, in Heather's experience...]