She doesn't like this. There is something very wrong here. He is familiar and he insists that he knows her and he is not afraid of her and he would rather die.
He means it. She knows that he means it.
She pauses, long and uncertain, before slowly sheathing her blade.
"I will not grant you this," she says. "Somehow I do not believe you deserve it."
She feels extremely uncomfortable right now. Itchy. Overheated. She needs to drink something. More punch will help.
She hesitates, looking at the floor, before back at him. Never has anyone set her at such unease, certainly never a man. What is it about him? Is there some sort of enchantment at work? Bullshit. She knows, regardless, that she needs to get away from him. Suffer the consequences at the Queen's hand for not completing the task. This she can suffer. Standing here under his unbroken, harshly familiar stare, she cannot.
"Please," she says quietly, "do not force my hand."
She turns away slowly, and attempts to reassert her hold over herself as she makes her way back to the Queen.
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She doesn't like this. There is something very wrong here. He is familiar and he insists that he knows her and he is not afraid of her and he would rather die.
He means it. She knows that he means it.
She pauses, long and uncertain, before slowly sheathing her blade.
"I will not grant you this," she says. "Somehow I do not believe you deserve it."
She feels extremely uncomfortable right now. Itchy. Overheated. She needs to drink something. More punch will help.
She hesitates, looking at the floor, before back at him. Never has anyone set her at such unease, certainly never a man. What is it about him? Is there some sort of enchantment at work? Bullshit. She knows, regardless, that she needs to get away from him. Suffer the consequences at the Queen's hand for not completing the task. This she can suffer. Standing here under his unbroken, harshly familiar stare, she cannot.
"Please," she says quietly, "do not force my hand."
She turns away slowly, and attempts to reassert her hold over herself as she makes her way back to the Queen.