[Perhaps it isn't the most ladylike, but it's close enough to a laugh that Rip really doesn't mind it. Especially when he considers that Sara still seems uneasy in some way he can't quite place his finger on. Or perhaps he can, at least the barest edges of it, but to try and harder would force the question to the surface—
What has happened in the future--his future—to warrant her looking at him like that?
Offering the explanation of what they know of Wonderland serves as decent enough distraction. Particularly at the end, when she begins to ask for a reason and then decides against it.]
Are you sure? Because I do have a theory. [Perhaps not the best one or the most widely accepted, even among their number. But it's been one of the few effects Rip can name a potential cause for that is something other than "because we're in bloody Wonderland somehow, where nothing makes sense."
There's a pause when they first walk in, before Rip takes her up to the bar. While he might himself have preferred whatever privacy there was to be found in a booth, they would get their drinks faster this way—and Rip suspects Sara might be a bit more comfortable to have that freedom of space.]
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What has happened in the future--his future—to warrant her looking at him like that?
Offering the explanation of what they know of Wonderland serves as decent enough distraction. Particularly at the end, when she begins to ask for a reason and then decides against it.]
Are you sure? Because I do have a theory. [Perhaps not the best one or the most widely accepted, even among their number. But it's been one of the few effects Rip can name a potential cause for that is something other than "because we're in bloody Wonderland somehow, where nothing makes sense."
There's a pause when they first walk in, before Rip takes her up to the bar. While he might himself have preferred whatever privacy there was to be found in a booth, they would get their drinks faster this way—and Rip suspects Sara might be a bit more comfortable to have that freedom of space.]