He believed in her, that was what she took from his statement, and from that fleeting smile. He saw potential in her and it drew her own lips up. Perfectly shaped full lips, pretty white teeth and a sparkle that reached those emerald eyes. When Natalia smiled, really and truly smiled, she was radiant. Something Red Room hadn't yet taken from her or used for it's own purposes, one of those secret things that few saw.
It was that Natalia was thought of as glowering or overly serious. She was lively and even humorous when not training. She was considered popular if one could call a trained killer such a thing. But this, a moment of true guileless sincerity was rarely scene. But there it was, for her Comrade.
"So I should study everyone? It seems so much, do I study one at a time? How do I even begin?" Her brow creased as she thought, already working out how do you even begin to study people and as an extension how do you do so without being caught doing it?
"Would you allow me to study you? Then you could judge how well I am doing it." She could easily study his mannerisms, movements, habits...his mind though was not so freely given.
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It was that Natalia was thought of as glowering or overly serious. She was lively and even humorous when not training. She was considered popular if one could call a trained killer such a thing. But this, a moment of true guileless sincerity was rarely scene. But there it was, for her Comrade.
"So I should study everyone? It seems so much, do I study one at a time? How do I even begin?" Her brow creased as she thought, already working out how do you even begin to study people and as an extension how do you do so without being caught doing it?
"Would you allow me to study you? Then you could judge how well I am doing it." She could easily study his mannerisms, movements, habits...his mind though was not so freely given.