Triss knows Hannibal's 'listening' face by now. It isn't something that happens, it's something he does, and while he's never given her any reason to feel like he's using it to lie to her, she likes it better when he's not choosing his faces. Like when she started Ruth into laughing earlier, it's just...better.
That thing he's doing right now, with the ghosts of his eyebrows and the way he sorta sucks in his bottom lip, is definitely not planned. At least she doesn't think so. She's seen Hannibal make lots of faces at lots of people for lots of reasons, many she didn't and still doesn't understand, so she can't say why exactly this strikes her as different. Maybe 'cuz he doesn't ever go for stuff that make him look like he's wrong?
(The word she wants is vulnerable. Somehow, despite everything, that one hasn't found its way into her vocabulary yet.)
"Okay," she says, which is Triss-shorthand for a lot of things. Things like 'it's fine,' 'it's not fine but I don't wanna deal with it,' 'I'm happy but this is a lot to take in,' 'I'm upset but nothing I say or do is gonna change anything anyway,' and 'I get what you're saying even if you don't know how to say it but I don't know how to say that either.' This is the last one. She sells it with a small but firm nod, like a pact-sealing handshake, and then leaves the doorway to come over to the table.
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Date: 2016-07-28 01:19 am (UTC)That thing he's doing right now, with the ghosts of his eyebrows and the way he sorta sucks in his bottom lip, is definitely not planned. At least she doesn't think so. She's seen Hannibal make lots of faces at lots of people for lots of reasons, many she didn't and still doesn't understand, so she can't say why exactly this strikes her as different. Maybe 'cuz he doesn't ever go for stuff that make him look like he's wrong?
(The word she wants is vulnerable. Somehow, despite everything, that one hasn't found its way into her vocabulary yet.)
"Okay," she says, which is Triss-shorthand for a lot of things. Things like 'it's fine,' 'it's not fine but I don't wanna deal with it,' 'I'm happy but this is a lot to take in,' 'I'm upset but nothing I say or do is gonna change anything anyway,' and 'I get what you're saying even if you don't know how to say it but I don't know how to say that either.' This is the last one. She sells it with a small but firm nod, like a pact-sealing handshake, and then leaves the doorway to come over to the table.
"Can I help put stuff away?"