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[Legato hadn't exactly been hiding since his arrival. He'd been...waiting.

Waiting for this delusional dream to end, waiting for someone to try and remove him from the apartment he'd claimed as 'his', waiting for something--anything--to make sense. ...Waiting for instruction, perhaps.

When he finally realizes that waiting is turning out to be

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[purityshrine]

[Kikyou's walking around, trying to get the basic layout of the village. It isn't too difficult, but she'd like to know where everything is, just in case she needs it.]

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[another seemingly average representative of the town. Perfect for observation. So, as her presence draws near, he decides to simply watch, for now... keeping track of her motions and movements as she makes her way through the town]

[purityshrine]

[Ah, but even without her powers, Kikyou can still feel someone's eyes on herself. She stops and looks around, and catches his eye.]

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[saying that his eye is on her is a stretch. There is certainly the feeling of being watched, but when she spots him... he's hardly even looking in her direction. He is most definitely observing her, however... and that feeling remains]

[outwalks]

[ Having run late on errands, Allen's finally coming out of the shops, heading for the path out of the village and towards his building. There's one thing for spending time alone-he's relaxed in ways he isn't always in company, with sleeves rolled up and a slack, casual posture. Just a boy with a marked arm and a golem leaving for the night, nothing to see here. ]

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[when sensing the small presence tagging along with the boy, Legato glances up just enough to observe the pair with his eyes as well as his mind. How interesting. The little pet and Allen's unique appearance catch his interest. He toys with the idea of testing his ability on the boy, and really... the thought is quite appealing. For now, though, he'll watch. It's not as though he won't be able to mentally reach the boy if he walks out of sight, after all]

[outwalks]

[ It's been a quiet week, New Feathers aside, and so his mind runs the usual gamut of strange and ordinary thoughts: the people Allen should check on, the amount of food still waiting in the pantry at the building, more books and notes for a new draft he hopes won't come.

Outwardly, there's no sign of anything grave: Allen keeps walking, sparing a smile here and there for anybody who glances at him. But the sky's darkening-there isn't much of that now. He's nearly on the outskirts when he glances up-but that's only to nudge Timcampi to take to the air with a little laugh. The past few months haven't been nearly enough to wean Allen off of his dependence on his eye for any sense of danger. He doesn't notice that he's being watched at all. ]

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[maybe just a little nudge. Testing his ability like dipping a toe into hot water to test the temperature. He normally wouldn't bother with something like this, but... the disconcerting mental numbness begged to be challenged. Like tentatively moving a sleeping limb.

Reaching out, he brushes through the other's mind, momentarily seizing the muscles of his legs. Maybe they would briefly freeze, maybe he would trip, Legato is hardly being precise with the little test]

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[Guy was just walking past, but the hair catches his eye. Hmm...he looks a little familiar. Guy pauses in heading for the bar to look back at Legato, hand on the doorknob.]

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[Legato feels the pause, and his attention zeroes in on the man across the way. Curious. Without raising his head or moving an inch, he is taking a closer 'look.' Paying attention to his posture, his body language. For the moment, he will merely observe]

[count_gardios]

[Guy shifts just a bit; it's not that noticeable, but for Legato it's probably glaringly obvious that he's uneasy. Guy can't be sure that's the man Meryl warned him about without a closer look, but he also remembers she told him to stay away at all costs, so a closer look really wouldn't be a good idea.

He'll head into the bar for now. But more than likely curiosity will have him coming back out soon under the pretense of repairing the sign outside.]

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[and, if Guy does pop back out later, Legato will still be lounging on his bench... but preemptively looking over at Guy as he exits. As if he had been waiting for him to reappear]