[ Mal relaxes, if only slightly, lowering his knife in turn. This could all be a trap, of course, but he can't do much more than hope it isn't.
He goes back to his seat, still half-watching Jesper warily, and tries to concentrate on what he's saying. Right. They still have to do what's expected of them. And probably soon.
But then Jesper says Alina and Mal freezes, raising his head up from where he'd been studying his list to stare at him. ]
You - you know Alina?
[ His voice breaks a little, exposing far too much vulnerability, but he can't help it. ]
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He goes back to his seat, still half-watching Jesper warily, and tries to concentrate on what he's saying. Right. They still have to do what's expected of them. And probably soon.
But then Jesper says Alina and Mal freezes, raising his head up from where he'd been studying his list to stare at him. ]
You - you know Alina?
[ His voice breaks a little, exposing far too much vulnerability, but he can't help it. ]