Though it looked like she was hiding quite a lot of things beneath that composed exterior, Cale decided to let it be. Who didn't have secrets? He certainly had enough of his own to fill libraries.
They'd decided their first priority: they needed to join some of the established group first.
Cale decided to probe, testing the waters carefully.
"You do realize what I'm going to do here, right?" he asked, his tone casual but his eyes sharp. "Don't you have any questions? Like how my appearance changed, my cultivation or anything else?"
To be honest, he would have felt reassured if someone asked such questions. Silence made him suspicious—silence meant the other person was still on the thinking phase, meant hidden agendas being formed in the gaps between words.
Fiora stared at him for a long moment, her eyes unreadable.
