(hei's seen that look before in allies, enemies, mirrors. a delicate sheen of sweat, creasing brow, and dilated pupils, all painting him a pretty picture that thin breaths neatly frame for him, guesswork still fine despite his own disassociation. it's a situation he's been in countless times before this, but others?
others experience panic. it doesn't irritate him, but he does take a moment to reflect on the human condition. how inconvenient is it that the body goes rigid in the most desperate of times? when it should be limbering up so legs can access a quicker run or arms can throw a stronger punch? he could leave him here to find his calm on his own. it'd also be easy to let him take the fall for what he's done.
but he doesn't, offering cain a smack at the back of the head instead.)
Never climb a ladder before? (staring down the bridge of his nose at him, full height reached when he straightens — it's not substantial but an average man can tower over another at the right angle.) Get up, or explain it to the cops. Whatever happens to you isn't my problem.
(it's the only help he deigns to give as thanks for cain's earlier commands that just happened to save a man's life, before hei's circling away to the back of the dumpster where the rungs of the ladder greet him. lengthy and rusted to shit, something that could prove pretty dangerous, but there's nothing for it.
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others experience panic. it doesn't irritate him, but he does take a moment to reflect on the human condition. how inconvenient is it that the body goes rigid in the most desperate of times? when it should be limbering up so legs can access a quicker run or arms can throw a stronger punch? he could leave him here to find his calm on his own. it'd also be easy to let him take the fall for what he's done.
but he doesn't, offering cain a smack at the back of the head instead.)
Never climb a ladder before? (staring down the bridge of his nose at him, full height reached when he straightens — it's not substantial but an average man can tower over another at the right angle.) Get up, or explain it to the cops. Whatever happens to you isn't my problem.
(it's the only help he deigns to give as thanks for cain's earlier commands that just happened to save a man's life, before hei's circling away to the back of the dumpster where the rungs of the ladder greet him. lengthy and rusted to shit, something that could prove pretty dangerous, but there's nothing for it.
the mercenary begins to climb.)