[And unlikely to be necessary in the future, he thinks. There's something about this woman's bearing, the way she carries herself once she can move--she's not, he thinks, someone accustomed to others getting the better of her.
Erik sets himself and the troublemaking girl down--she doesn't run right away, perhaps because she suspects he has ahold of more than the bat. He could, if necessary, but wresting that much autonomy from a young woman is distasteful, even under the circumstances.]
By all means, don't let me interrupt whatever you were up to before.
[If the woman wants to deal with the girl who imprisoned her, though, he's fine with that.]
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[And unlikely to be necessary in the future, he thinks. There's something about this woman's bearing, the way she carries herself once she can move--she's not, he thinks, someone accustomed to others getting the better of her.
Erik sets himself and the troublemaking girl down--she doesn't run right away, perhaps because she suspects he has ahold of more than the bat. He could, if necessary, but wresting that much autonomy from a young woman is distasteful, even under the circumstances.]
By all means, don't let me interrupt whatever you were up to before.
[If the woman wants to deal with the girl who imprisoned her, though, he's fine with that.]