He didn't notice her as quickly as he should have, caught up in his own thoughts. But he was aware of her by the time she stood next to him and, noticing the object in her hands and the clear evidence that she had been crying, it wasn't hard to figure out where she had come across it.

His expression changed as he glanced at her, turning more controlled as he tried to make his emotions less obvious. But it was impossible to completely hide what had been there before, and the fact that he neither spoke nor left might have been telling.