[ Nathan as mostly just letting his eyes wander, not really having any objective to it other than to not look at Nariko. If he looked at her right now, in this context, it would no doubt make him... It would make him be irregular, make him be like that again, and he needed to control himself, repress that scent of his somehow. As such, he doesn't actually immediately connect who she's talking about.
They were talking about her kids, which was making him smile, and then that and... Well. In context, he thought she meant someone else. So he looks at her now with a mix of horror and embarrassment as he says, ] What?
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They were talking about her kids, which was making him smile, and then that and... Well. In context, he thought she meant someone else. So he looks at her now with a mix of horror and embarrassment as he says, ] What?
[ Softly, but now with total eye contact ]