For just a second Clarisse stays where she is, watching Abby smile and feeling a mixture of giddy excitement and nervousness. Then she slides out of bed.
Her clothes—their clothes are strewn on the floor. Clarisse has to turn one leg of her pants rightside out before she pulls them on, in a move that reminds her of that morning in the training yard, when she'd gone back to the tent unbuttoned and even more of a mess than usual, her underwear clenched tight in one fist.
This isn't half as awkward as that, although she is aware that Abby must be watching her as she gets dressed, pulling her shirt over her head without bothering with her bra first. Her clothes are wrinkled from hours lying unfolded on the floor, and she runs her hands down the front of her shirt a couple times even though it doesn't help much.
Right, all her clean stuff is across the harbor. That's something she'll have to deal with at some point later today.
"Be back in ten. Don't fall back to sleep," she warns as she finishes pulling her boots on and goes to exit. It's not at all a serious threat, though. She knows Abby too well.
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For just a second Clarisse stays where she is, watching Abby smile and feeling a mixture of giddy excitement and nervousness. Then she slides out of bed.
Her clothes—their clothes are strewn on the floor. Clarisse has to turn one leg of her pants rightside out before she pulls them on, in a move that reminds her of that morning in the training yard, when she'd gone back to the tent unbuttoned and even more of a mess than usual, her underwear clenched tight in one fist.
This isn't half as awkward as that, although she is aware that Abby must be watching her as she gets dressed, pulling her shirt over her head without bothering with her bra first. Her clothes are wrinkled from hours lying unfolded on the floor, and she runs her hands down the front of her shirt a couple times even though it doesn't help much.
Right, all her clean stuff is across the harbor. That's something she'll have to deal with at some point later today.
"Be back in ten. Don't fall back to sleep," she warns as she finishes pulling her boots on and goes to exit. It's not at all a serious threat, though. She knows Abby too well.