[ It’s not so sudden that he couldn’t dodge it at all, but again, there’s resignation that putting this off would just be delaying the inevitable. He’s at least quick to bring his hands up to dig in at the edges of her grip directly over his throat. It’s not for needing to breathe (whatever was happening down here didn’t change biology, or whatever Sebastian has passing for it), but for what he laughs out, if strained. ]
Yes, strangle the person you are demanding an answer out of. A brilliant plan.
[ Really… Were he just a man, he wouldn’t be able to answer at all. Truly, she’s a brute with no brains at all. Though he’s tempted to dig his nails into her skin just to feel it split, he refrains. He doubts that Set would mind or consider it a violation of the deal that had been struck, but he’s still overly cautious, as well as perfectly aware of how this looks. He doesn’t fight back from her grip, only keeping enough space between her hand and his throat to talk. ]
I did not strike the deal, so I do not know, as I have been trying to tell you. Presumably, he wished to defang Zenith, which would have been much a much more shrewd deal were this more similar to the Isles.
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Yes, strangle the person you are demanding an answer out of. A brilliant plan.
[ Really… Were he just a man, he wouldn’t be able to answer at all. Truly, she’s a brute with no brains at all. Though he’s tempted to dig his nails into her skin just to feel it split, he refrains. He doubts that Set would mind or consider it a violation of the deal that had been struck, but he’s still overly cautious, as well as perfectly aware of how this looks. He doesn’t fight back from her grip, only keeping enough space between her hand and his throat to talk. ]
I did not strike the deal, so I do not know, as I have been trying to tell you. Presumably, he wished to defang Zenith, which would have been much a much more shrewd deal were this more similar to the Isles.