What's life without a little risk? It all ends, one way or the other. Today, though -- he'd rather avoid it, if at all possible.
"Nice support," he says, with a smile edging dangerously on the absolutely deadly furious side. The girl is cowering against him, and he puts his hands on her shoulders, steadies her, steps back to look her in the eye.
"I'm going to take this gag out," he tells her, gently. "Don't scream, all right? We're here to help."
She nods, blue eyes wide and round and terrified, but doesn't scream as he pulls the gag as gently as possible from her mouth. "Why do they want you?" he asks her, and she shakes her head.
"My father --" she starts, then sends a terrified glance at her bodyguard. "He's a tradesman in December. He was shipping merchandise on this steamer: I was supposed to come along with it so I could -- could learn about..."
She trails off, eyes filling with tears, though she does her best to bite them back. "Those children, what are you going to do? Pierre will kill them if he doesn't get me and the shipment!"
"He'll kill them anyway," Wolfwood says, and immediately realizes he shouldn't have, but behind her worry and fear, she's got a core of steel, and she swallows back her hysteria.
"...Actually," he says, slowly, looking at her, "you might be able to help. You think he wants you? Not the valuables?"
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"Nice support," he says, with a smile edging dangerously on the absolutely deadly furious side. The girl is cowering against him, and he puts his hands on her shoulders, steadies her, steps back to look her in the eye.
"I'm going to take this gag out," he tells her, gently. "Don't scream, all right? We're here to help."
She nods, blue eyes wide and round and terrified, but doesn't scream as he pulls the gag as gently as possible from her mouth. "Why do they want you?" he asks her, and she shakes her head.
"My father --" she starts, then sends a terrified glance at her bodyguard. "He's a tradesman in December. He was shipping merchandise on this steamer: I was supposed to come along with it so I could -- could learn about..."
She trails off, eyes filling with tears, though she does her best to bite them back. "Those children, what are you going to do? Pierre will kill them if he doesn't get me and the shipment!"
"He'll kill them anyway," Wolfwood says, and immediately realizes he shouldn't have, but behind her worry and fear, she's got a core of steel, and she swallows back her hysteria.
"...Actually," he says, slowly, looking at her, "you might be able to help. You think he wants you? Not the valuables?"
Was this whole thing a set-up?