[Maybe it doesn't like normal coloring. Not the most reassuring, that statement, but he shoves his phone back in his pocket without comment anyway, scowling openly. He'll have to find some way to disguise the change, he knows that much, but for right now, with what they've come here to do, it isn't his first priority. Back on the lookout he goes even before she begins to make her move, gaze fixed on their surroundings. It's probably too much to hope that she'll respond to the statue in a similar way to how he had, but at the very least, he probably has an opportunity to observe here that he wouldn't elsewhere.
What he isn't prepared for is for Lightning to jerk away and fall as she does, and caught off guard as he is, his gaze is immediately drawn to her. He doesn't have the reflexes to catch her, unfortunately, but he does stop immediately and kneel by her side, eyes concerned. He may have only just met her, but that's no reason to dismiss her well-being as unimportant.]
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What he isn't prepared for is for Lightning to jerk away and fall as she does, and caught off guard as he is, his gaze is immediately drawn to her. He doesn't have the reflexes to catch her, unfortunately, but he does stop immediately and kneel by her side, eyes concerned. He may have only just met her, but that's no reason to dismiss her well-being as unimportant.]
Lightning? Are you all right?