The City of Tears does not expect much thoroughfare, even after the infected stopped walking. And they have stopped, which is why Lemm aborted his instinctive lunge for a crowbar stowed by the curtain.
Within a blink, he is ricocheted back into survival mode and he feels foolish for putting his old caution aside. The metallic thud of weapons and the Hollow Knight's sudden move has Lemm cringe back with his arms held in front of his face.
His hand snaps out towards the switch again - but the Hollow Knight is outside the threshold. His reach never makes it.
Visibly shaken, he looks from the unexpected threat to the Hollow Knight's defense, and as his arms start to lower his hackles rise.
"What - you - now you mind your weapon! The items in here are fragile!"
Lemm dares a step forward, putting himself just behind the Hollow Knight's shoulder (he's not crazy, he's safer behind them), but his eyes are fixed on Hornet and he has managed to speed his way through healthy fear and skipped straight to outrage.
It is a mix of feeling his shop, his home, is threatened - and having someone much bigger than him so clearly rise to his defense. It is also the fear for their health that is now converting very unexpectedly into anger.
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Date: 2023-01-19 08:07 am (UTC)Within a blink, he is ricocheted back into survival mode and he feels foolish for putting his old caution aside. The metallic thud of weapons and the Hollow Knight's sudden move has Lemm cringe back with his arms held in front of his face.
His hand snaps out towards the switch again - but the Hollow Knight is outside the threshold. His reach never makes it.
Visibly shaken, he looks from the unexpected threat to the Hollow Knight's defense, and as his arms start to lower his hackles rise.
"What - you - now you mind your weapon! The items in here are fragile!"
Lemm dares a step forward, putting himself just behind the Hollow Knight's shoulder (he's not crazy, he's safer behind them), but his eyes are fixed on Hornet and he has managed to speed his way through healthy fear and skipped straight to outrage.
It is a mix of feeling his shop, his home, is threatened - and having someone much bigger than him so clearly rise to his defense. It is also the fear for their health that is now converting very unexpectedly into anger.
"Lower it, whoever you are!" he demands.