[ Olympia opens her mouth, another 'I'm sorry' almost slipping out. It feels instinctive, since she didn't even think about apologizing, and yet it almost happens all the same. It's something the girl doesn't analyze in the moment with everything else that's going on, even though she probably should. The feeling like she has to apologize for everything has to come from somewhere, after all.
(Besides, it's not even like he seems mad. Not in the way where she ought to apologize. If anything - and maybe she's reading too much into it, she can't be sure - there seems to be a kindness in his words. A lack of rejection over her powers, and coupled with a sentence which, beneath the barbs on top, seems to say it's alright.)
But Alec is right here, and even asking if they can go, so she can't get lost in her own thoughts for now. It'd be selfish, especially right in the middle of her trying so hard to do something for him.
So she does what she promised. She grabs his stuff, this time a little more succesful in her task since the sensation in her arms and hands is slowly starting to turn into more of a dull ache, much more bearable while trying to carry things. Olympia is already moving towards the door that leads out of the dining hall and into the hallways of the place, pushing open the saloon-style swinging doors with her back and holding it open for him, so he doesn't have to attempt to push them open himself with his body. ]
.. I realise I didn't ask you your name. [ She says, determined to try and move past her guilt. It's hard, but he's telling her it's okay, so she should try.
Just don't think about it, she tells herself. Focus on this right here. ]
I'm Olympia.
[ Kind of weird how foreign introducing herself feels, but-- no time to unpack that either. Maybe it's the guilt still lingering within her. Clearly it's that. ]
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(Besides, it's not even like he seems mad. Not in the way where she ought to apologize. If anything - and maybe she's reading too much into it, she can't be sure - there seems to be a kindness in his words. A lack of rejection over her powers, and coupled with a sentence which, beneath the barbs on top, seems to say it's alright.)
But Alec is right here, and even asking if they can go, so she can't get lost in her own thoughts for now. It'd be selfish, especially right in the middle of her trying so hard to do something for him.
So she does what she promised. She grabs his stuff, this time a little more succesful in her task since the sensation in her arms and hands is slowly starting to turn into more of a dull ache, much more bearable while trying to carry things. Olympia is already moving towards the door that leads out of the dining hall and into the hallways of the place, pushing open the saloon-style swinging doors with her back and holding it open for him, so he doesn't have to attempt to push them open himself with his body. ]
.. I realise I didn't ask you your name. [ She says, determined to try and move past her guilt. It's hard, but he's telling her it's okay, so she should try.
Just don't think about it, she tells herself. Focus on this right here. ]
I'm Olympia.
[ Kind of weird how foreign introducing herself feels, but-- no time to unpack that either. Maybe it's the guilt still lingering within her. Clearly it's that. ]