Calculated Distance

MAEVIA

I stayed in the sitting room for a while after I arrived, keeping my focus on Vanya as she arranged and rearranged the wooden blocks in front of her.

Heloise remained seated nearby, her posture composed, her attention shifting between Vanya and me in quiet intervals.

Talia approached from the hallway after some time, her steps measured as always. She stopped a short distance from me, waiti