[Carolina nods, her own posture relaxing a little at him finally moving closer to her. There was some kind of progress, at least, and something for her to work on. She shifts minutely in the gunner's chair, regarding him with a much calmer expression than she had when he first walked in, despite the news that this could get worse, that the Castle could become more surreal and that the slope would get even more slippery.
At his question, she shake her head.] Ignoring it obviously didn't work.
[Which was another reason to be out in the hangar. She could get her own grip back on herself before returning to the Castle to face it again, with better and stronger methods of dealing with the impossibilities the building inherently brought with it. Trying to just ignore what couldn't be possible had initially gotten rid of the doubts, only to have them cycle back with re-grouped efforts.
She pauses briefly, considering something that'd been on her mind for most of the week and something that had largely deterred her from speaking with him over the journals.] And if you want to back out, no hard feelings.
[In that, if he's worried she's a loaded gun, she's giving him a chance to back out of their still very new relationship. If this had been a mission, there would be no backing out, but this is entirely different, far more sensitive than a cut-and-dry success or failure.]
/tl;drs
At his question, she shake her head.] Ignoring it obviously didn't work.
[Which was another reason to be out in the hangar. She could get her own grip back on herself before returning to the Castle to face it again, with better and stronger methods of dealing with the impossibilities the building inherently brought with it. Trying to just ignore what couldn't be possible had initially gotten rid of the doubts, only to have them cycle back with re-grouped efforts.
She pauses briefly, considering something that'd been on her mind for most of the week and something that had largely deterred her from speaking with him over the journals.] And if you want to back out, no hard feelings.
[In that, if he's worried she's a loaded gun, she's giving him a chance to back out of their still very new relationship. If this had been a mission, there would be no backing out, but this is entirely different, far more sensitive than a cut-and-dry success or failure.]