Raju nods, turning away and pacing again. It's something to do with the tension. It's easier to move more slowly now, at least. "Fitzjames, then?"
His path as he says it takes him close enough to the flames to feel the warmth of them on his face; not enough, but he could count the times he's been warm enough in this place on one hand. Warmer, at least, and it prompts him to look down at the coat he's been leant, quickly undoing the buttons.
"Take this for a while, will you?" he adds, hesitating for a moment before walking to the end of the fire and stepping far enough past it to slide the coat off himself and hold it out. The cold rushes back the moment he does it, of course, but— "You might not feel it, but I don't want to tell Francis you caught frostbite or something just because I forgot my coat."
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His path as he says it takes him close enough to the flames to feel the warmth of them on his face; not enough, but he could count the times he's been warm enough in this place on one hand. Warmer, at least, and it prompts him to look down at the coat he's been leant, quickly undoing the buttons.
"Take this for a while, will you?" he adds, hesitating for a moment before walking to the end of the fire and stepping far enough past it to slide the coat off himself and hold it out. The cold rushes back the moment he does it, of course, but— "You might not feel it, but I don't want to tell Francis you caught frostbite or something just because I forgot my coat."