[It's decided. She is making it a point to do all of her shopping online, if she could help it.
The setting is different, the pattern, familiar. If she could so easily buckle under unwanted attention or conversation, she would not lasted this long. The fact that she is so close to her goal is why she can't falter, now. She continues to smile.
She says nothing of selling herself short.]
Isn't that a contradiction? Which am I doing, trying to be incognito or trying to garner attention, subtly? It can't be both, unless you mean I'm doomed to failure either way, because someone will always notice.
[Unfortunately. It's said casually, but it carries more truth than she'd like.]
It's the earrings, isn't it.
[Her smile turns a shade knowing. They're peacock feathers. Far from subtle, but she couldn't leave them behind. She tried.]
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The setting is different, the pattern, familiar. If she could so easily buckle under unwanted attention or conversation, she would not lasted this long. The fact that she is so close to her goal is why she can't falter, now. She continues to smile.
She says nothing of selling herself short.]
Isn't that a contradiction? Which am I doing, trying to be incognito or trying to garner attention, subtly? It can't be both, unless you mean I'm doomed to failure either way, because someone will always notice.
[Unfortunately. It's said casually, but it carries more truth than she'd like.]
It's the earrings, isn't it.
[Her smile turns a shade knowing. They're peacock feathers. Far from subtle, but she couldn't leave them behind. She tried.]