[ now that she notices - his movement back, the taken aback look in his eyes. she brings her wings just a little bit back, gently pressing them together behind her back. ]

Really? Huh. [ that's. so weird to imagine?? ] Back home, saying that kind of thing was a good way to get people trying to kill you. Or at least to beat the devil out of you? I guess that sort of depends on how nice they were. Either way people didn't really lie about that kind of thing.