[ Zelda expects him to flinch and pull away from her, so she's surprised when only one of those things happens. Darin never seems to have much of a problem intruding on her personal space, but he tends to react unfavorably when she intrudes on his. In that regard, he reminds of how Link used to act, back when Zelda first started to bridge the gulf between them. Link used to go completely rigid whenever Zelda so much as accidentally brushed against him. He was so high strung back then, never relaxing, never letting his guard down for a minute. It took a long time for him to learn to relax around Zelda, and even longer to stop jumping whenever she touched him.
She catches that moment of honesty in Darin's visage, but he whisks it away almost immediately. That fear is clearly something he doesn't want her to see.
But, having seen it, she now reads it between his words. He's... still quite shaken from this encounter, even though he seems to want her to believe that he isn't. That he mentions Dromas knows how to use their unique abilities sticks out to Zelda. As does his worry that Dromas was going to take away Darin's place here. ]
You were able to stop him, though. [ She counters gently. ]
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She catches that moment of honesty in Darin's visage, but he whisks it away almost immediately. That fear is clearly something he doesn't want her to see.
But, having seen it, she now reads it between his words. He's... still quite shaken from this encounter, even though he seems to want her to believe that he isn't. That he mentions Dromas knows how to use their unique abilities sticks out to Zelda. As does his worry that Dromas was going to take away Darin's place here. ]
You were able to stop him, though. [ She counters gently. ]