[And that man is not any less towering up close than he is from afar.
He waits to see the girl make it up the ladder before turning to head inside, holding the door open for her with what is for him a neutral expression, but is in reality closer to a scowl. Even the inside of the treehouse is rather imposing, with the light largely limited to the windows, the few decorations ornate in a way that feels somehow grave, and the temperature just this side of uncomfortably cold.]
[ This feels more like a crypt or a morgue or the inside of a Victorian museum where you will absolutely be flung into prison or taken to the stocks if you bump into anything, which automatically makes Sana sway a bit at the thought, lightheaded from Anxiety.
This is going to be how she dies, isn't it? In this foreboding treehouse? But at least if she dies, she'll try to be polite about it. ]
Y-yes, thank you for your help, I'll go right now--
[Ah, a familiar reaction. As used to having people flee from him as Barok is, he hardly blinks at her stammering, and simply watches her go before turning and returning to his own matters.
At the very least, Sana will find that it is a perfectly normal and serviceable washroom, even if the mirror frame is a bit... much.
Before long, the whistle of a boiling kettle sounds from the kitchen, around the way she came. She'll have to pass by him again if she wants to leave, it seems...]
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He waits to see the girl make it up the ladder before turning to head inside, holding the door open for her with what is for him a neutral expression, but is in reality closer to a scowl. Even the inside of the treehouse is rather imposing, with the light largely limited to the windows, the few decorations ornate in a way that feels somehow grave, and the temperature just this side of uncomfortably cold.]
The washroom is down the hall to your right.
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This is going to be how she dies, isn't it? In this foreboding treehouse? But at least if she dies, she'll try to be polite about it. ]
Y-yes, thank you for your help, I'll go right now--
[ SHE IS PRACTICALLY FLEEING. ]
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At the very least, Sana will find that it is a perfectly normal and serviceable washroom, even if the mirror frame is a bit... much.
Before long, the whistle of a boiling kettle sounds from the kitchen, around the way she came. She'll have to pass by him again if she wants to leave, it seems...]