[Well, the trouble is as much as he wants to avoid encountering Xie Lian, running away from someone inoffensive you just doing want to talk to is one thing. But when they're actively trying to chase you down... Well, Raven doesn't have much self-respect, but even he has limits.
Making it harder still is that weird, unplaceable niggling urge that fought against the attempt to distance. Similar to last week, but definitely different. Specific. It reminded him of Canary, that draw she had, that had made him want to stick by her side, no matter what. It felt wrong to be feeling anything similar to it now. But, well, he didn't have any say in that matter. That aspect is all too familiar.
It's when he gets a ways down the metal hallway of the Northern area, to the first chance to dart off into another room, that he truly becomes overburdened with the pointlessness of this. So he finally stops, leaning up against the wall outside the tech lab, trying to act as if nothing weird has happened.]
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Making it harder still is that weird, unplaceable niggling urge that fought against the attempt to distance. Similar to last week, but definitely different. Specific. It reminded him of Canary, that draw she had, that had made him want to stick by her side, no matter what. It felt wrong to be feeling anything similar to it now. But, well, he didn't have any say in that matter. That aspect is all too familiar.
It's when he gets a ways down the metal hallway of the Northern area, to the first chance to dart off into another room, that he truly becomes overburdened with the pointlessness of this. So he finally stops, leaning up against the wall outside the tech lab, trying to act as if nothing weird has happened.]
You need somethin'?
[Nailed it.]