[And then she just steps up and calls him out which, naturally, gets him to square his shoulders importantly and causes his frown to deepen. You kicked his ass once. Don’t insult him by suggesting that he is worried you might catch cold.]
It is not your safety I question.
[The fact that her “friends” haven’t been looking after her well-being, maybe. But just barely. More, that there is the mission to consider, and that she is in the best position she will ever be in to take advantage of a higher social status. The sooner someone was able to get into the gossip circles, the better.
And it wasn’t going to be him, because he is a dude.]
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[And then she just steps up and calls him out which, naturally, gets him to square his shoulders importantly and causes his frown to deepen. You kicked his ass once. Don’t insult him by suggesting that he is worried you might catch cold.]
It is not your safety I question.
[The fact that her “friends” haven’t been looking after her well-being, maybe. But just barely. More, that there is the mission to consider, and that she is in the best position she will ever be in to take advantage of a higher social status. The sooner someone was able to get into the gossip circles, the better.
And it wasn’t going to be him, because he is a dude.]