Joscelin doesn't need so much time to look and see that Phedre is not around them- it's easy for him to identify her by the way she walks, the way she moves. He's spent months focused on nothing but her. A cursory glance over the crowd is all he required, but he still takes a moment to respond to Moriarty's question.
"Her name is Phedre no Delaunay, and she is my ward- I am sworn to protect her with my life. I am Joscelin Verreuil, a Cassiline Brother." He had already described her so thoroughly that any who knew her name would know she was the one he was looking for. That red spot rendered her distinctive.
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Joscelin doesn't need so much time to look and see that Phedre is not around them- it's easy for him to identify her by the way she walks, the way she moves. He's spent months focused on nothing but her. A cursory glance over the crowd is all he required, but he still takes a moment to respond to Moriarty's question.
"Her name is Phedre no Delaunay, and she is my ward- I am sworn to protect her with my life. I am Joscelin Verreuil, a Cassiline Brother." He had already described her so thoroughly that any who knew her name would know she was the one he was looking for. That red spot rendered her distinctive.