[Ajax finally breaks his gaze, looking away and feeling a small flush color his cheeks. He hadn't meant to stare, he just sort of was...]
Nothing, it's nothing. Sorry. I may have just spaced out for a moment there.
[It's a lie, and an obvious one at that. He knows it, he's sure she knows it, and he curses the fact now that he's so terrible at lying. As if to try to cover it more, he reaches for his coffee once again, drinking it a little quicker and immediately regretting it due to the fact that it hadn't cooled down yet, burning his tongue a little on the way down.
Maybe she's right in her assessment that he doesn't use his brain all the time.]
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[Ajax finally breaks his gaze, looking away and feeling a small flush color his cheeks. He hadn't meant to stare, he just sort of was...]
Nothing, it's nothing. Sorry. I may have just spaced out for a moment there.
[It's a lie, and an obvious one at that. He knows it, he's sure she knows it, and he curses the fact now that he's so terrible at lying. As if to try to cover it more, he reaches for his coffee once again, drinking it a little quicker and immediately regretting it due to the fact that it hadn't cooled down yet, burning his tongue a little on the way down.
Maybe she's right in her assessment that he doesn't use his brain all the time.]