It was the first time that he had ever done that, but Rand noticed only absently.

She noticed absently that his lips had not moved when he spoke.

He noticed absently that Lysira had given him some of his father's better clothes.

She noticed absently that the train was passing through the city of Hinge again; it must have looped around.

They'd moved the two of them while she was unconscious, she noticed absently.

He walked toward the desk Valentina had occupied without saying a word, noticing absently that she was now standing next to it rather than sitting.

He noticed absently that the ground was soft, boglike, but dry and springy.

There was light ahead, Kethry noticed absently, allowing her rage to speed her feet.

The only sounds were the evening birds chirping outside the bedroom windows, one of which, he absently noticed, was partly open.

Desperately he knelt, noticing absently that he no longer felt sick.