A few strides carried him around a turn in the corridor, and he absently noted that at his left a door stood partly open.

"I never knew he had an older brother," Blade noted absently, and held out his right hand.

"Somebody might wonder if we never come back from lunch," he noted absently.

Their legs touched; his were much longer than hers, he noted absently in the clear water around them.

"That thing has been hanging around ever since you left," Chane noted absently.

He wondered where his nephew had got to and noted absently how little he'd seen of him in the last few weeks.

I noted absently that the skin of her palm was remarkably hot.

She'd lost one of her shoes, she noted absently.

At least now he was in proper uniform, Botchup noted absently.

He noted absently that this time the gate was facing them.