บท 210: Things Unsaid

ELRETH

Her head was spinning. She stood, half naked in the water, and her instincts screamed.

He was keeping something from her. 

But just as strongly came the conviction right behind it that he was afraid. And that made her step carefully. He'd shown real fear back in the cave—and true concern for her. It could be as simple as the fact that he'd learned things through the disformed's use of the portal that other Anima didn't know. He might not want to scare her. But the way he'd reacted when she almost touched it—he was never aggressive, not with her. Never physical. That had been panic in his eyes, not anger.