[ Calmly, Severus bulldozes right over that inquiry. He looks directly at William and asks, clear-eyed. It's a partly a wonderful act and partly even more unsettling than if he just seemed angry. Or sad. Or anything. Because Severus doesn't seem anything, right now. It's just blankness.
After a moment he seems to remember he should conform to behaving like a human being, and sits down. ]
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[ Calmly, Severus bulldozes right over that inquiry. He looks directly at William and asks, clear-eyed. It's a partly a wonderful act and partly even more unsettling than if he just seemed angry. Or sad. Or anything. Because Severus doesn't seem anything, right now. It's just blankness.
After a moment he seems to remember he should conform to behaving like a human being, and sits down. ]