[The whole idea of Damon actually being able to reassure and calm her down, without the tiny red flag in the back of her mind signaling it was some kind of trick... it's still very knew, but it's entirely welcome. It's all there in the way she looks at him, she doesn't bother trying to hide the mild surprise that accompanies her newly formed sense of unbidden trust, because she's sure she doesn't have to now. Or just shouldn't, because some part of her knows, at this point, he needs her trust as much as she wants to trust him. Besides, there's no use in having her guard up around Damon right now, not when they were lost like this. It would just waste time.
As for why she didn't let go of his hand right away, that is a complete mystery to her.
Elena nods, lets their hands fall between them, where she still stands close enough that her knuckles brush his fingers. It's comforting in a confusing way, though she hardly lets herself think about it, instead looking around to try and decide where to start walking.]
Nobody seems to know where they're going. [There's no flow to the direction in which the crowds are walking, and they're not the only ones looking at their tattoos like they didn't belong there. Weird. Eventually she points down to their left, towards a building that's all stairs and pillars and it could be a bank for all she knows, but whatever.]
There. That looks .. important. [Which is why she's just nodding and starting in that direction.]
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As for why she didn't let go of his hand right away, that is a complete mystery to her.
Elena nods, lets their hands fall between them, where she still stands close enough that her knuckles brush his fingers. It's comforting in a confusing way, though she hardly lets herself think about it, instead looking around to try and decide where to start walking.]
Nobody seems to know where they're going. [There's no flow to the direction in which the crowds are walking, and they're not the only ones looking at their tattoos like they didn't belong there. Weird. Eventually she points down to their left, towards a building that's all stairs and pillars and it could be a bank for all she knows, but whatever.]
There. That looks .. important. [Which is why she's just nodding and starting in that direction.]