Withdrawing her hand, she rested it in her lap, the fingers curling into a resting state. It felt a little heavier on her thigh than her other arm, even though she'd found she wasn't thrown off balance by it. She weighed the about same, but the arm was denser than her flesh and blood limbs.
Dune was a fairly perceptive person, socially, and so, she picked up the tang of regret in Dalton's air as he answered. She was curious--what would cause a man to pick magic over surgery? And how was the transition related? Very interesting--but this being a first meeting, she was cautious about digging into whatever put that look on his face. It didn't seem to be a funny story.
“Yeah,” she said instead, going for sharing something of her own instead. She smiled, understanding. “I get that. Magic was a big part of my career trajectory too.”
Dune was a fairly perceptive person, socially, and so, she picked up the tang of regret in Dalton's air as he answered. She was curious--what would cause a man to pick magic over surgery? And how was the transition related? Very interesting--but this being a first meeting, she was cautious about digging into whatever put that look on his face. It didn't seem to be a funny story.
“Yeah,” she said instead, going for sharing something of her own instead. She smiled, understanding. “I get that. Magic was a big part of my career trajectory too.”