[ It isn't accusatory - merely a statement of fact, maybe even a clumsy attempt to admit he understands. Up until the disastrous string of events (most of which he still supposes he isn't really privy to, except at the end) this past winter, the only capacity in which he had known the unutterably strange woman sitting on the bank with him, now, was as her elder's disciple. They'd visited together, often enough; he couldn't help eavesdropping (even if he'd tried).
Reaching toward the makeshift meal she's lain out, he selects a very modestly sized mushroom after a moment of consideration and stuffs it unceremoniously into his mouth. His teeth are sharp and white - but no more so than an ordinary human's, and he chews in a thoughtful but artless fashion. ]
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[ It isn't accusatory - merely a statement of fact, maybe even a clumsy attempt to admit he understands. Up until the disastrous string of events (most of which he still supposes he isn't really privy to, except at the end) this past winter, the only capacity in which he had known the unutterably strange woman sitting on the bank with him, now, was as her elder's disciple. They'd visited together, often enough; he couldn't help eavesdropping (even if he'd tried).
Reaching toward the makeshift meal she's lain out, he selects a very modestly sized mushroom after a moment of consideration and stuffs it unceremoniously into his mouth. His teeth are sharp and white - but no more so than an ordinary human's, and he chews in a thoughtful but artless fashion. ]
It was the same when she was young.