[ clarisse almost gets angry. almost. she holds it back because she's trying not to fall back into bad habits, snapping at every little thing, at anyone who tries to question her even when they have a legitimate right to. no, she swallows it down and tries to ignore the heat rising to her face, tries to shake it off with swift movement of her head. it's nothing, she almost bites out. it takes a lot of restraint to keep her from blowing up all over luke again.
she takes a deep breath to calm herself, trying to find the words. she may have the plans and strategies in her head, but verbalizing them has never been her forte. words don't come easily for her as they do for, say, annabeth, who always has too many words. clarisse can't even count how many rants about architecture she's drowned out over the years.
she doesn't know how to avoid the subject without sounding defensive, and the fact that he's even pressing the issue at all is making her flustered in a way she hasn't felt in a long time. she's angry and embarrassed all at once, and she can barely think, let alone try to lie, so she eventually just ends up with the truth. or, at least, a truth. she isn't exactly blurting out the whole truth. ]
Nothing. I've just been in this stupid thing all day.
[ she figures he can figure out what she meant. if luke was anything, he was never stupid, at least not when it came to figuring out how things fit together. besides, it'll make her feel better if he actually suggests what she's getting at, as opposed to her actually having to say it. or neither of them has to say anything, he just has to understand. she's fairly confident he will. ]
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she takes a deep breath to calm herself, trying to find the words. she may have the plans and strategies in her head, but verbalizing them has never been her forte. words don't come easily for her as they do for, say, annabeth, who always has too many words. clarisse can't even count how many rants about architecture she's drowned out over the years.
she doesn't know how to avoid the subject without sounding defensive, and the fact that he's even pressing the issue at all is making her flustered in a way she hasn't felt in a long time. she's angry and embarrassed all at once, and she can barely think, let alone try to lie, so she eventually just ends up with the truth. or, at least, a truth. she isn't exactly blurting out the whole truth. ]
Nothing. I've just been in this stupid thing all day.
[ she figures he can figure out what she meant. if luke was anything, he was never stupid, at least not when it came to figuring out how things fit together. besides, it'll make her feel better if he actually suggests what she's getting at, as opposed to her actually having to say it. or neither of them has to say anything, he just has to understand. she's fairly confident he will. ]