Which means she expects us to sit around and accept what is happening. [ there is a slowly creeping edge to her voice - unhappy with the situation, and the idea, of being manipulated like this. again. she frowns, her mouth a thin line.
it is better, riza thinks, knowing the colonel is here. that with him here, they'll figure a way out of it.
the bitterness brings an almost-smile to her, but she's able to hold it back, letting it instead relax that slowly building panic somewhere in the pit of her stomach. ]
I'm fine, Colonel. [ which is not really true, at this point. she just hasn't been solid enough to actually feel the pain of her wound. but in that moment, it's not a bother. ] Though I'm not of much...use. Like this. [ she holds up her hands, which are only partially there, making her all but useless when it comes to weapons, protection, holding anything... ]
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it is better, riza thinks, knowing the colonel is here. that with him here, they'll figure a way out of it.
the bitterness brings an almost-smile to her, but she's able to hold it back, letting it instead relax that slowly building panic somewhere in the pit of her stomach. ]
I'm fine, Colonel. [ which is not really true, at this point. she just hasn't been solid enough to actually feel the pain of her wound. but in that moment, it's not a bother. ] Though I'm not of much...use. Like this. [ she holds up her hands, which are only partially there, making her all but useless when it comes to weapons, protection, holding anything... ]