It was almost insane how quickly they moved past that declaration from Arlette.
The grey-eyed Professor cleared her throat and looked away from Caius like she felt she had divulged more information than she had intended to and that only made things more awkward. And also a little endearing.
Arlette had her reasons for getting close to Caius. He was aware of that but he also knew that despite that, it was insane for her to be so ready to go to arms for him against someone whose strength she didn't even really know.
It could maybe have been brushed off as bravado just to impress but Arlette didn't need to impress Caius. Not in this way anyway. No, that declaration was real.
"Tea?" Arlette suddenly asked and Caius realized that while he had been looking at her face and smiling to himself, she had summoned a stool from her storage ring. On the stool was a tray that held a kettle with two teacups that she filled up.
