Still, what is amusing when Amy is teasing him is less so when it becomes a matter of life and death as he attempts to find his way around an unfamiliar castle.
The girl had assured him that Marian's rooms are here, but he's wary of the long stretch of corridor between him and the door that had been pointed out as hers.
There's nothing for it; he starts forward, close to the wall, every nerve alight and hypersensitive. A motion -- he startles -- the door opens, and a dark figure strides through, before glancing away from him.
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Date: 2012-03-21 07:28 pm (UTC)Still, what is amusing when Amy is teasing him is less so when it becomes a matter of life and death as he attempts to find his way around an unfamiliar castle.
The girl had assured him that Marian's rooms are here, but he's wary of the long stretch of corridor between him and the door that had been pointed out as hers.
There's nothing for it; he starts forward, close to the wall, every nerve alight and hypersensitive. A motion -- he startles -- the door opens, and a dark figure strides through, before glancing away from him.
He frowns.
Whispered: "Marian?"