Ghastly realized what had happened too late, could make barely the beginnings of an effort to pull that punch, and it connected too solidly. "Anton," he said aloud, looking stricken, uncanny and unwelcome echo to Erskine. Why did Anton have to--
Well, no, he knew the answer to that one. Not only had Anton told him why, but the thing Ghastly should have remembered about thirty seconds ago came freely to mind now. The Midnight Hotel. Violence was strictly forbidden. All the tension seemed to go out of him in a rush, and his shoulders slumped and his hands fell to his sides.
His gaze settled on Erskine, briefly, over Anton's shoulder, and Ghastly discovered there was still some anger left in him regardless. How dare Erskine. How dare he hold the man he'd killed with fear and concern, like he had not made the conscious choice to order his life taken.
(Tears, brimming in golden eyes as he pushed the knife home.)
Ghastly clenched his jaw, and didn't look at any of them. "I'm not going to punch you, Saracen," he said, leaden. Pointedly, no mention was made of Erskine.
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Ghastly realized what had happened too late, could make barely the beginnings of an effort to pull that punch, and it connected too solidly. "Anton," he said aloud, looking stricken, uncanny and unwelcome echo to Erskine. Why did Anton have to--
Well, no, he knew the answer to that one. Not only had Anton told him why, but the thing Ghastly should have remembered about thirty seconds ago came freely to mind now. The Midnight Hotel. Violence was strictly forbidden. All the tension seemed to go out of him in a rush, and his shoulders slumped and his hands fell to his sides.
His gaze settled on Erskine, briefly, over Anton's shoulder, and Ghastly discovered there was still some anger left in him regardless. How dare Erskine. How dare he hold the man he'd killed with fear and concern, like he had not made the conscious choice to order his life taken.
(Tears, brimming in golden eyes as he pushed the knife home.)
Ghastly clenched his jaw, and didn't look at any of them. "I'm not going to punch you, Saracen," he said, leaden. Pointedly, no mention was made of Erskine.