[center][color=f7941d][h1]Sengchou[/h1][/color][/center]

Sengchou did all that was possible to avoid looking Thomas in the eye. In the process she'd surveyed the room and found herself staring at a small statue of Indian origin straight behind Thomas. She was not oblivious to how he felt. There was no anger in him, no indifference. That alone was evidence that she was not abandoned by him all those years ago, and she was satisfied and extremely terrified by this revelation. Was it her that had done something wrong? Had her message not gotten through and had he thought [i]she[/i] had abandoned him?

His body language gave her a million clues as to what he wanted to do, as well as why he hadn't done it yet. She gave him no reason not to do it as she stood there, letting her shaking hands fall to her sides. For once, her expression showed vulnerability. As her lower lip quivered and she looked down, she began to shed the first tears she'd shed in centuries. 

[@Themerlinhawk]