Close together and far apart

"No, No sign of the blight." She replied smoothly, gathering her strength to peel her eyes away from the reindeer to gather in his hungry and desperate visage drinking her in.

"I thought I did at one point. Tethys has it bad though. She has full-on hallucinations." She was skirting the subject. She looked away again, gathering her lips tight into her mouth, keeping herself from smiling.

"I went to Ollie wondering if I was getting the Blight but... Nope... Just... Morning sickness." And her maw broke into a smile as she glanced back at him to drink in his reaction. It was a bad time to be pregnant.

"Speech"