[Well, that thing's pretty, isn't it? It glints brightly in the light of their lanterns and even though it's small, he knows better than to underestimate what someone can do with a tool like that, especially when they're trained to use it well.
He staggers to a stop when he sees it, tumbling backward into the twigs on the ground that again fail to crack audibly under his weight, and for a second he's caught between lunging at her again, because knife be damned, he wants to beat her head in - or backing away, which is what he ultimately chooses as he scrambles back onto his feet, now wielding the branch defensively in case she seizes the fall as an opportunity.
This isn't right, why are they fighting? What the hell is going on? He shakes his head and taps his chest, and when he takes another step backward the leaves crackle under his heel.]
Hey. Put it down.
[It's as much a request as it is a warning, because he shifts the branch to his left hand while his right lowers to the holster at his hip. Brings to mind the usual cliche, he realizes - she brought a knife, and he could make this a gun fight, but he really doesn't want to. This is fucked up and he just wants to leave.]
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He staggers to a stop when he sees it, tumbling backward into the twigs on the ground that again fail to crack audibly under his weight, and for a second he's caught between lunging at her again, because knife be damned, he wants to beat her head in - or backing away, which is what he ultimately chooses as he scrambles back onto his feet, now wielding the branch defensively in case she seizes the fall as an opportunity.
This isn't right, why are they fighting? What the hell is going on? He shakes his head and taps his chest, and when he takes another step backward the leaves crackle under his heel.]
Hey. Put it down.
[It's as much a request as it is a warning, because he shifts the branch to his left hand while his right lowers to the holster at his hip. Brings to mind the usual cliche, he realizes - she brought a knife, and he could make this a gun fight, but he really doesn't want to. This is fucked up and he just wants to leave.]