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Doing some mild mhmm-ing and nodding, he picked up the book again and was about to continue reading a bit more - he quite enjoyed the next story as well - when his noticed the dramatic shift in body language Medea was presenting.
What was that called? Shielding? He had read about it in one of his social mannerism studies, about how 80% of what we communicate is nonverbal, and there had been some very specific things said about arm crossing. "Self-comfort," he whispered to himself, his blue eyes resting on her arms briefly before flicking back to her face.
"It was bound to happen some day," he muttered, forcing a smile on his face. "Just never would have thought it would be while I was still in my 30's." 30 something going on 200 as his body reflected. Slowly, since the seat beside him was vacant at the moment, he switched seats until he was sitting right beside the DADA professor and took one of her hands in both of his. "Medea. There is something I want to tell you. Something I've been thinking about since that dance thing the students put on..."
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