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Ikenna Gevrik "Well, Jake," he turned back to the Hufflepuff and listened to his excuse with a blank face. "I have also read your file. I am not one of your professors but I do wish to help you, and I think it would be to both your benefit and mine, and that of your fellow students', if you would kindly remove the sunglasses."
He blinked, added a smile, and firmly said, "Please."
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Jake's heart hammered against his chest, probably tattooing a permanent bruise on his ribcage. But nevertheless, he reached up and pulled the sunglasses from his face, revealing his blue eyes which did not rise to meet Gevrik's again.
Tucking the sunglasses into his collar, Jake looked intently at the face of the gargoyle for now, very occasionally glancing at Ikenna.
He knew exactly what the man was... wanting eye contact and seeming to talk correctly about things people hadn't mentioned, before now as well. But he wouldn't mention it yet.
Heck, maybe Ikenna already knew Jake knew.