[She says it rapidly, maybe too much so, in her haste to set his fears at ease. But he's right to be afraid, she thinks in the moments that follow after; how would she feel if their positions were reversed, if he'd seen her with a monster's face?
(Sarah Bellum did exactly that, once — stole her identity, masqueraded as her, kept her in captivity while she carried out her own destructive plans. Sarah is no monster, but the analogy is fair. She got what was coming to her, too.)
She doesn't try to bridge the distance again, letting him have his space while she simply breathes and centers herself. What will help most is staying calm, reasoning rationally. She can't combat his fear if she's preoccupied with any of her own.]
It startled me. I knew it wasn't you, but.
[But she indulged. Always a bad habit of hers.]
...I'm rattled. That's all. I wasn't...expecting what happened. That's all it is.
action;
[She says it rapidly, maybe too much so, in her haste to set his fears at ease. But he's right to be afraid, she thinks in the moments that follow after; how would she feel if their positions were reversed, if he'd seen her with a monster's face?
(Sarah Bellum did exactly that, once — stole her identity, masqueraded as her, kept her in captivity while she carried out her own destructive plans. Sarah is no monster, but the analogy is fair. She got what was coming to her, too.)
She doesn't try to bridge the distance again, letting him have his space while she simply breathes and centers herself. What will help most is staying calm, reasoning rationally. She can't combat his fear if she's preoccupied with any of her own.]
It startled me. I knew it wasn't you, but.
[But she indulged. Always a bad habit of hers.]
...I'm rattled. That's all. I wasn't...expecting what happened. That's all it is.