peering

Woo screams, jumping on Autumn’s shoulder and peering at what Ama is scrawling.

A moment later the lid of the barrel was pried off, revealing a circle of blue sky that was instantly eclipsed by a man, peering in.

“Which is how I intended to proceed in any case,” she thought, peering above a sea of hats to see where they had stopped, for the omnibus was crowded.

“So this is a mall,” he said, peering at the list of stores.

And yet he’s fascinated by the people who just tried to destroy him, drawn to them, eventually peering through their window at a life he wasn’t invited to join.