RAGNA POV...
It was as though my answer had been enough to satisfy their curiosity for the moment, a thin layer of tension peeling away as they shifted the topic and began recounting their own experiences, and I remained silent, listening carefully while pretending to be nothing more than a mildly interested companion.
Gradually, I noticed Reiner becoming chattier again, his voice regaining that strange rhythm as he described the various places they had been taken to and the things they had seen after their captivity, and it was unsettling how quickly his earlier sadness dissolved into that perpetual, exuberant energy of his, the corners of his lips stretching into that familiar smile that never quite reached his eyes.
