[Well, even if he didn't currently have flood-induced empathy, she's radiating nerves so strongly that he would have noticed on his own; with the empathy, it's enough to stop him in his tracks the second he sees her. Sincere concern colors both his expression and his projecting emotions, along with confusion and the first, unacknowledged pinpricks of hurt-by-proxy. He stays where he is, at least until he can figure out what's going on, and calls down to her.]
Hey sweetheart - everything alright? [Doubt, because he knows it's not, but he'll give her the chance to say so on her own.]
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Hey sweetheart - everything alright? [Doubt, because he knows it's not, but he'll give her the chance to say so on her own.]