Snippet #2375388

Juliet Ender, as Everett was now learning, was just as excitable as her older brother Gray if not without his accompanying flirtations and the general talent to make Everett feel incredibly awkward. Her sincerity, however, obvious adoration of her family, and warm smile did more to calm him than any of Gray's numerous compliments ever could. He could feel himself shedding some of his nervousness just by being in her presence. Finally, someone, and a human at that, who was, well, normal. Well, normal enough. Really, his standards for accepted normality had drastically decreased the moment he appeared on Arcbell's campus.

"Ah... My point is... Gray seems really scary but you can always talk to me if it gets bad..."

"Thank you." And, he found that he really meant it because here was someone who had just admitted to being freaked out by Gray's chest mouth at one point and that reminded him that he was still sane and not being irrational. "I, um, really appreciate that." He even tried for a tiny smile of his own.

With the change of topics, he wasn't quite sure what to say. 'Oh, no, I was just wandering to get away from your insane brothers, my other ass of a roommate, another human who doesn't seem to realize that this is all insane, and an actually quite nice demon'. That just wouldn't do, even if it was the truth in this little scenario.

"Well, I didn't really, uh, have anywhere to go. But if you don't have anything else to, um, do, then that would be... nice." He tried for another little smile, reluctant to let go of the first normal person that he'd met since arriving here. Besides, if he even found his way back to his room, all he could do would be to wait for Gray and Wolfram to come back and he couldn't really deal with that sort of anxiety, thanks.