[ bellamy watches her continue to climb in search of her book -- because how could he leave now? if something does happen, if she does slip or fall, who else is there to make sure she'll be okay? but she's a better climber than he'd given her credit for, better than he is; she finds her book and makes it to the ground safely, and it's there that he gets his first real look at her.
she looks like she could use a meal, or about a hundred. she looks like she's known hardship, struggle, hard-skinned and wary-eyed. she looks, in short, like any child he could've met back home. his eyebrows knit, and --
he steps between her and the librarian without a second thought. ]
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she looks like she could use a meal, or about a hundred. she looks like she's known hardship, struggle, hard-skinned and wary-eyed. she looks, in short, like any child he could've met back home. his eyebrows knit, and --
he steps between her and the librarian without a second thought. ]
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