I'd be really grateful. [ Korone peers up at the guy, hopeful.
Genuinely hopeful, even, and she lets it show in her eyes. Her big, blue eyes. ]
[ The guy winces. "Aw, fuck — wait, shi — oot, I mean. Fudge." He holds up his hands and steps back. "Yeah, this is … yeah, no. I ain't about hurting the little ones."
Korone's gaze snaps towards door seconds before a ferrety-looking maniac with a kitchen knife barrels through, hollering, "You ain't, but I'm—!" … choking a bit as Big Guy grabs him by the scruff, apparently! Ferrety is lifted clean off his feet and unceremoniously toted back out the way he came. ]
… Huh. [ Watching them go, yelling at each other all the way down the street. ] I guess some criminals really do have standards.
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Genuinely hopeful, even, and she lets it show in her eyes. Her big, blue eyes. ]
[ The guy winces. "Aw, fuck — wait, shi — oot, I mean. Fudge." He holds up his hands and steps back. "Yeah, this is … yeah, no. I ain't about hurting the little ones."
Korone's gaze snaps towards door seconds before a ferrety-looking maniac with a kitchen knife barrels through, hollering, "You ain't, but I'm—!" … choking a bit as Big Guy grabs him by the scruff, apparently! Ferrety is lifted clean off his feet and unceremoniously toted back out the way he came. ]
… Huh. [ Watching them go, yelling at each other all the way down the street. ] I guess some criminals really do have standards.