[ He's calmer about this than he really ought to be. He's always calmer about these things than he ought to be, though in this case the beginnings of lightheadedness are really contributing to his demeanor a great deal. He lifts his arm, keeping it above his heart rather than below.
And then things grow worse. Because the acrobat, the young one who was so excited about this, is back. To help. With a rifle that's far, far too big against her small form. Her eyes dart from the fallen forgemaster to the rising corpse and- ]
Oh! Doctor! [ She sounds delighted rather than horrified, which isn't abnormal from the little they know of her, but there's also a note of familiarity to her voice. She rushes over to the forgemaster, putting her small shoulder under his arm to lift him to his feet while she gets a fuller grasp of the situation. She sees the tiger dead. She sees Trevor bleeding, and she shakes the forgemaster. ]
Doctor, 're you okay? The gentleman here needs treatment, too!
[ ...whether she realizes it or not, she's just given their forgemaster a hostage. ]
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[ He's calmer about this than he really ought to be. He's always calmer about these things than he ought to be, though in this case the beginnings of lightheadedness are really contributing to his demeanor a great deal. He lifts his arm, keeping it above his heart rather than below.
And then things grow worse. Because the acrobat, the young one who was so excited about this, is back. To help. With a rifle that's far, far too big against her small form. Her eyes dart from the fallen forgemaster to the rising corpse and- ]
Oh! Doctor! [ She sounds delighted rather than horrified, which isn't abnormal from the little they know of her, but there's also a note of familiarity to her voice. She rushes over to the forgemaster, putting her small shoulder under his arm to lift him to his feet while she gets a fuller grasp of the situation. She sees the tiger dead. She sees Trevor bleeding, and she shakes the forgemaster. ]
Doctor, 're you okay? The gentleman here needs treatment, too!
[ ...whether she realizes it or not, she's just given their forgemaster a hostage. ]