[He holds his hands in front of him, rubbing the bones of his human wrist, building the circulation back into it again, calloused fingers flexing. His eyes follow her left wrist and the band on it.
But he listens.
He listens because everyone wants something and she'll tell him what it is she wants eventually if he listens for it. He's not above barging services with an enemy if what he gets is worth it. He listens because she freed him, at least in part and that shows either confidence or desperation on her part. He'll take advantage of either but he'd like to know which it is. One is much more dangerous to him than the other. And he listens because -
because she said please...
He hates that the word still means anything to him and perhaps its not the word itself so much as the way she says it. As if he has any sort of power in this situation at all. As if she needs his agreement on anything. She says it as if his disagreement would actually mean something to her. He doesn't look away from her eyes - and he doesn't believe her. Or rather, he believes she wants him alive but he doesn't believe its for anything as simple and basic as his freedom. No. She wants something from him and whatever it is, she wants him willing when he gives it to her. Whether that's simply for a cat and mouse game to amuse herself or something larger, he doesn't know. Yet. But, so far, she's taken the uncomfortable restraints off of him and she's kept her hands to herself and she's said 'please'. His hands shift. If she was smart, she'd really move out of arm's reach of him at least. At the moment she's close enough that he wouldn't even have to straighten an elbow to catch her wrist in his Galra hand and crush it, bracelet and all. But he rests his hands on his thighs, fingers spread. His voice is dry, rasping, almost a deep croak of sound, and it says one thing:]
ah man, me too! its going to be so much fun! (and possible torture so - fun!)
But he listens.
He listens because everyone wants something and she'll tell him what it is she wants eventually if he listens for it. He's not above barging services with an enemy if what he gets is worth it. He listens because she freed him, at least in part and that shows either confidence or desperation on her part. He'll take advantage of either but he'd like to know which it is. One is much more dangerous to him than the other. And he listens because -
because she said please...
He hates that the word still means anything to him and perhaps its not the word itself so much as the way she says it. As if he has any sort of power in this situation at all. As if she needs his agreement on anything. She says it as if his disagreement would actually mean something to her. He doesn't look away from her eyes - and he doesn't believe her. Or rather, he believes she wants him alive but he doesn't believe its for anything as simple and basic as his freedom. No. She wants something from him and whatever it is, she wants him willing when he gives it to her. Whether that's simply for a cat and mouse game to amuse herself or something larger, he doesn't know. Yet. But, so far, she's taken the uncomfortable restraints off of him and she's kept her hands to herself and she's said 'please'. His hands shift. If she was smart, she'd really move out of arm's reach of him at least. At the moment she's close enough that he wouldn't even have to straighten an elbow to catch her wrist in his Galra hand and crush it, bracelet and all. But he rests his hands on his thighs, fingers spread. His voice is dry, rasping, almost a deep croak of sound, and it says one thing:]
Why?