[ It's so rude how people use that sort of tactic to distract him. Ruder after they do it when they realize there's a modicum of effectiveness to it. Not that he thinks that was all tactic, right there, because he's pretty sure he can taste mild desperation when it's so intimately tangible, but still. He stays put almost as much out of selfishness as he does because she's asked him to, a simple nod back to her thumbs up and then keeping himself as open to her as he feels is even moderately safe to do right now.
That doesn't extend fully to keeping his senses as extended as they were just a few moments ago, and when she leaves he takes the opportunity to dampen them a little, letting her awareness be enough for the moment. He moves instantly when she gives him the all-clear, surveying her handiwork as he comes over, but paying more attention to the immediate area than anything else. ]
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That doesn't extend fully to keeping his senses as extended as they were just a few moments ago, and when she leaves he takes the opportunity to dampen them a little, letting her awareness be enough for the moment. He moves instantly when she gives him the all-clear, surveying her handiwork as he comes over, but paying more attention to the immediate area than anything else. ]