[Monster. Melodramatic, but then, she was young. And what did it really matter? So she hadn't seen what real monsters were - the human kind, let alone the rest. That didn't invalidate her concern about becoming one, just made her bar lower, her line closer. It could still be crossed.
And that was exactly his point.]
So keep hold of it. Or you'll get there sooner than you realise.
[But he can sense she's going to keep trying to fight him on this. Wilfully misunderstanding, denying, refusing to listen. He doesn't have the patience to stick around for it, so he's standing up out of the water, uncaring of his nudity (or perhaps using it) as he climbs smoothly out of the pool, walking away.]
no subject
And that was exactly his point.]
So keep hold of it. Or you'll get there sooner than you realise.
[But he can sense she's going to keep trying to fight him on this. Wilfully misunderstanding, denying, refusing to listen. He doesn't have the patience to stick around for it, so he's standing up out of the water, uncaring of his nudity (or perhaps using it) as he climbs smoothly out of the pool, walking away.]