We would prefer it if you didn't. There are creatures here that don't deserve that kind of harm.
[Her hand at Lakshmi's wrist is very light indeed-- so light that there, the vice like sensation of it might pass, ceding once more to just an old woman's long fingers and the soft scrape of her callouses.]
Surely you understand our urge to see them secure.
[Cathaway unpeels her hand from Lakshmi's wrist a finger at a time. She tips her face back by a degree - fixes the woman with a look that's both more direct and infinitely less penetrating - and raises an eyebrow: Are you finished?]
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We would prefer it if you didn't. There are creatures here that don't deserve that kind of harm.
[Her hand at Lakshmi's wrist is very light indeed-- so light that there, the vice like sensation of it might pass, ceding once more to just an old woman's long fingers and the soft scrape of her callouses.]
Surely you understand our urge to see them secure.
[Cathaway unpeels her hand from Lakshmi's wrist a finger at a time. She tips her face back by a degree - fixes the woman with a look that's both more direct and infinitely less penetrating - and raises an eyebrow: Are you finished?]