[With a name like that, Holmes might wonder if she were Italian in descent, were it not so very clear thatโฆ she isnโt.]
And which city are you from?
[Properly now, heโs going to dab the split of her lip, heedless of the fact he just asked her a question.
(This close, and he can see so many details of her face that baffle him, so clearly not makeup or a disguise โ he concluded this already, but now there is no room for doubt. The blue skin, the dark eyes, the horns, they are entirely real and oddly alien.)]
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And which city are you from?
[Properly now, heโs going to dab the split of her lip, heedless of the fact he just asked her a question.
(This close, and he can see so many details of her face that baffle him, so clearly not makeup or a disguise โ he concluded this already, but now there is no room for doubt. The blue skin, the dark eyes, the horns, they are entirely real and oddly alien.)]