He has learned to read her well, which gives
Jane some minor satisfaction. Lips upturning
into the smallest of smirks, petite hands clasp
together behind her back and she rocks on her
heels—- feigning the sort of childishness her fellow
guards have long-since become accustomed to.
”Be that as it may, should the Romanians decide
to retaliate, far be it from me to deny them a fight.”
’ They have been running for hundreds
of years. My tracking never fails, yet their
self-preservation remains topnotch. ’
Words do not matter. He has become acquainted with
the gifted child long enough to know his boundaries.
The obvious peril of his mere opinions could throw him
in different paths, all leading to p a i n.
’ Victory is assured with your company. ’