Daniel pauses before the door, a hand laid on the push bar. It's a metal thing, probably installed in the 90s; before regulatory bodies started to think that old places like these should be restored and maintained as-is, not retrofitted. There's a sticker on the bar warning of steps outside of it.
He thinks of the other times he's tried to walk away before now— getting lost in a crowd in the first major airport, bailing out of the hotel in Islamabad. Armand every time showing up and collecting him, disapproval on his face. Was Daniel punished? If he was, he doesn't remember.
But he trusts Louis, and so he drops his hand away from the door. Thinks of the Talamasca next, and wondering if they've been tracking this at all, but Armand had turned Rashid away with an ease that made mind control obvious, and that fucking organization thinks Armand isn't a threat. A docile housewife looking after younger, more volatile creatures. They might not have even been bothered by the sight of Armand escorting Daniel out of Dubai.
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Well that, uh. That sounds bad.
Daniel pauses before the door, a hand laid on the push bar. It's a metal thing, probably installed in the 90s; before regulatory bodies started to think that old places like these should be restored and maintained as-is, not retrofitted. There's a sticker on the bar warning of steps outside of it.
He thinks of the other times he's tried to walk away before now— getting lost in a crowd in the first major airport, bailing out of the hotel in Islamabad. Armand every time showing up and collecting him, disapproval on his face. Was Daniel punished? If he was, he doesn't remember.
But he trusts Louis, and so he drops his hand away from the door. Thinks of the Talamasca next, and wondering if they've been tracking this at all, but Armand had turned Rashid away with an ease that made mind control obvious, and that fucking organization thinks Armand isn't a threat. A docile housewife looking after younger, more volatile creatures. They might not have even been bothered by the sight of Armand escorting Daniel out of Dubai.