Kedriom, on the other hand, was completely oblivious to the fact that there was somebody at all anywhere else in the vicinity. At least--this
close, anyway, even if Yeliya was only trying a bit to be hidden, having stayed in place for him to find all the same. He'd like to say that he was focused enough to have everything well in hand by the time he'd gotten there, but Kedriom clearly had missed a few things, given the unusual shape looming in the hallway outside the records room and the fact that he walks right by her without a moment's consideration--at first, anyway. When Yeliya shifts just enough for the movement to catch his eye, Kedriom visibly jumps, jerking around to face her and looking all the work like a deer caught square in the headlights.
Oh. There's. There's someone there. There is totally a person there, comfortably perched atop a box and absolutely within normal visual range, which didn't give Kedriom much by means of excuses to try and hide the fact that he just plain hadn't seen her.
Whoops.
"I, um. Hello--?" he began, clearing his throat as he tried to look like he belonged here. The best way to avoid getting caught somewhere was to make it seem like you were supposed to be where you were, but--Kedriom had started to realize that this might be harder than he'd thought. "Do you...need something, by chance, or do you normally just stare at people like this?" His wording may have been a little sharp, but Kedriom's tone was more...embarrassed than anything else. If she was a tunnelsnake, she really would've had every possible opportunity to bite him. He stays put, having immediately put a stop to any and all efforts to go anywhere else the moment he realized he was being watched.
"Maybe you're. A-Are you waiting for someone--? Because I can just. Go." He jerks a thumb over his shoulder, aiming it vaguely down the hallway he'd come from. "No trouble, honest."
