[there's honestly no reasonable justification that Hazel can make for continuing to hang around when Yuri sets off to...wherever it is he needs to be going. she recognizes that on a rational level, and yet her feet pick up and wander after him before the thought can even finish crossing her mind. it's fine, she decides after a moment of annoyance with her own ungovernable choices; it'll feed into the gadfly persona she's been leaning into since arriving at the castle. as soon as it seems like he's arrived at his destination she'll depart, claiming boredom or whatever seems convenient at the time.

that this also moves them both away from the majority of the eye gunk evidence trail is a nice bonus, as if any authority figure wouldn't be able to identify them as the culprits without it.]

Usually it's 'an impeccable eye for quality', but I guess it's the same if your taste's a little shittier.

[she shrugs, unbothered.]

Nothing wrong with expecting creativity from people.