[Her chin rises a notch, one brow winging higher than the other as she gives him a challenging look, daring him to imply that she experiences such standard issue human emotions as fear.
There's a little bit of a smile at one side of her mouth, not quite reaching her eyes.
After a beat, she adds:]
Eventually most of the things that scare you stop being as simple as the ocean, or the dark, or spiders. You're not afraid of the ocean anymore, right?
[But the adult fears usually make a lot less interesting campfire stories.]
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[Her chin rises a notch, one brow winging higher than the other as she gives him a challenging look, daring him to imply that she experiences such standard issue human emotions as fear.
There's a little bit of a smile at one side of her mouth, not quite reaching her eyes.
After a beat, she adds:]
Eventually most of the things that scare you stop being as simple as the ocean, or the dark, or spiders. You're not afraid of the ocean anymore, right?
[But the adult fears usually make a lot less interesting campfire stories.]