For the most part, Derek is doing pretty much the same. The bodies are only worth noting as far as what it means that they're all here - and anyway, he's a little bit preoccupied. It's strange, adjusting to working with someone who isn't Chuck - but maybe not as much as it would have been if it wasn't Phi. If he didn't already trust her at least enough to have given her the information in the first place. He knows Chuck isn't happy about not being here with him, but they couldn't risk both of them going on this.
And the good part about having spent almost a life time working on being too stupid to be noticed means that if Chuck's out at the dance, people will assume Derek was there, too, even if they don't actually remember seeing him.
But he's not preoccupied enough not to notice everything going on around him, and he stops when Phi slows. He follows her gaze to what's caught her attention, and then hesitates when he sees her body, looking like it was mauled by an animal. Looking remarkably like some of the bodies in his own arena, and that thought settles uneasily with him.
Before he can pick it apart, though, she's moving on, looking at other bodies. At the Gamemaker's body, and there's a low growl before he can help himself. Before he remembers that she thinks he's her friend, and he cuts himself off. Instead he waits, keeping an eye out while he gives her a moment.
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And the good part about having spent almost a life time working on being too stupid to be noticed means that if Chuck's out at the dance, people will assume Derek was there, too, even if they don't actually remember seeing him.
But he's not preoccupied enough not to notice everything going on around him, and he stops when Phi slows. He follows her gaze to what's caught her attention, and then hesitates when he sees her body, looking like it was mauled by an animal. Looking remarkably like some of the bodies in his own arena, and that thought settles uneasily with him.
Before he can pick it apart, though, she's moving on, looking at other bodies. At the Gamemaker's body, and there's a low growl before he can help himself. Before he remembers that she thinks he's her friend, and he cuts himself off. Instead he waits, keeping an eye out while he gives her a moment.