Her head lightly cocks before her verbal misstep is realized. "I hadn't expected them to be in an area with anyone alive," she says eventually.
There's no need to explain. It isn't his business, any more than the prickling guilt along her back is.
"...Hornet. I am--their sister." The words come with odd pauses that belay her steady tone. "I've been caring for them as they heal."
Speaking their weakness aloud tastes poison, but the crack through their mask and missing arm are obvious.
"They do not speak," she says, if he somehow hasn't noticed. "If you've caused them further harm, however, don't believe I'm unable to find out." She doesn't insert threat into her tone, but her Needle is held out diagonally from her side.
This, at last, spurs her sibling to respond: they shake their head.
Hornet pauses.
"...Though they aren't known for falsehoods." Her blade goes back as it was.
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Her head lightly cocks before her verbal misstep is realized. "I hadn't expected them to be in an area with anyone alive," she says eventually.
There's no need to explain. It isn't his business, any more than the prickling guilt along her back is.
"...Hornet. I am--their sister." The words come with odd pauses that belay her steady tone. "I've been caring for them as they heal."
Speaking their weakness aloud tastes poison, but the crack through their mask and missing arm are obvious.
"They do not speak," she says, if he somehow hasn't noticed. "If you've caused them further harm, however, don't believe I'm unable to find out." She doesn't insert threat into her tone, but her Needle is held out diagonally from her side.
This, at last, spurs her sibling to respond: they shake their head.
Hornet pauses.
"...Though they aren't known for falsehoods." Her blade goes back as it was.