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[justashotaway]

WHO: laura, petra
WHAT: well-intentioned stalking
WHEN: sometime in cloudreach
WHERE: the gallows
NOTES: tbd

Laura's in the habit of listening to conversations, watching others from shadows or rafters where she can manage it, but it isn't often than she outright follows them. That's reserved for people she's interested in, or people she cares about--or, in this case, people she can't seem to stop thinking about.

What she knows is still fairly basic: This is Madame de Cedoux, as small as Laura and twice as fair. She knows about codes and languages and needs people willing to talk about these things with others, not solely with her. And she moves like she knows everything in the world, like she's filled with secrets she doesn't need to tell. She is powerful and beautiful and fascinating.

Laura doesn't know how to be that, but she wants to be. And that's what brings her to dark corners and not-quite-nearby, not-quite-doing-other-things; she's watching, listening, trying to understand how Madame de Cedoux is what she is.

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[justashotaway]

This, too, is something to watch and memorize: the way Madame de Cedoux talks to one of the cleaners, the tilt of her head and the sound of her voice. The words she uses, pleasant and seemingly exactly the things to say, and the way the chat starts and ends without effort.

And yet, watching, Laura's certain that if she did the same things, speaking the same words and moving the same way, it wouldn't be the same. She doesn't know what it is that makes the difference. But there's only one way to figure it out.

After Madame de Cedoux leaves, Laura scurries after her. Their destination is unclear at first, but it becomes clear as they walk, Madame de Cedoux ahead and Laura at a distance--the tower. That may become a probem; at some point, there will be doors she can't go through. But for now, she'll follow.