[ Her smile widens a little at the response; it's a relief for her, too, to have him respond so normally. Maybe between the two of them, they can continue to pretend that Nothing Is Wrong so hard that the world will reshape itself accordingly.
(That's not likely, she knows, but whatever. For now, she'll take it.) ]
I'll know if you're pushing yourself too hard. You can hide it from anyone else, but not from me.
[ Of course Luna had been the primary focus of her attention -- she'd learned his buttons very well over the years: when to push harder, when to back off, when to let him think that an idea was his. And as a consequence, she'd learned to notice when he was hiding injuries -- sometimes she'd called him out on that, and sometimes she'd simply let that slow him down further.
But just because she'd been mostly focused on Luna didn't mean she hadn't learned a lot about Mal, either, over the years. ]
but which one's the homewrecker
(That's not likely, she knows, but whatever. For now, she'll take it.) ]
I'll know if you're pushing yourself too hard. You can hide it from anyone else, but not from me.
[ Of course Luna had been the primary focus of her attention -- she'd learned his buttons very well over the years: when to push harder, when to back off, when to let him think that an idea was his. And as a consequence, she'd learned to notice when he was hiding injuries -- sometimes she'd called him out on that, and sometimes she'd simply let that slow him down further.
But just because she'd been mostly focused on Luna didn't mean she hadn't learned a lot about Mal, either, over the years. ]