[ the change that comes over Ruby's expression is swift and intense – that tense and anxious smile crumples, and her features slacken with horror. although none of it left her as spoken words, she claps a hand over her mouth. her fear rises between the two of them like a flood, almost unbearable, the kind of thing that suffocates a person.
Ruby's voice is small: ]
Please don't tell anyone.
[ they'll kill her. they don't care whether she's innocent, or that she has no interest in this absurd conflict, or that the only thing in the world she wants is to live. they won't take mercy on her just because she begs and grovels and offers them anything in exchange for her life. that secret was the only reason she could offer them to leave her alone, and she broke it. ]
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Ruby's voice is small: ]
Please don't tell anyone.
[ they'll kill her. they don't care whether she's innocent, or that she has no interest in this absurd conflict, or that the only thing in the world she wants is to live. they won't take mercy on her just because she begs and grovels and offers them anything in exchange for her life. that secret was the only reason she could offer them to leave her alone, and she broke it. ]
I-I'll do anything.