[Krusnik. The name doesn't trigger anything but the vaguest recollection—there'd been some kind of cult in town that spooked a couple clients? One that had been very quickly taken care of. She frowns now.]
Why would they steal him? What does Luke even have that would be interesting to anyone? By all accounts he seems perfectly ordinary.
[Focus on the puzzle. Focus on the mystery. Focus on that and not the quiet fury inside her heart that makes her blood boil when she thinks of it, because Luke is her little brother and the thought of anyone hurting him—
Her expression goes tight. Her shoulders tense.]
In fact, why would someone go after you two at all? [A stray thought: would the sperm donor...
No, he wouldn't. He wouldn't. He's a massive prick but he has standards, doesn't he? But even this Zelos had said—
She can't, won't think about that line of thought much further here and now. For now:] And do you think you're both safe now, from whoever it was? [If not—there's a look in her eye that Zelos might be very familiar with. It's the one she wore when she gave him the proof he needed, the calm determination to protect, however she can, what she has left.]
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Why would they steal him? What does Luke even have that would be interesting to anyone? By all accounts he seems perfectly ordinary.
[Focus on the puzzle. Focus on the mystery. Focus on that and not the quiet fury inside her heart that makes her blood boil when she thinks of it, because Luke is her little brother and the thought of anyone hurting him—
Her expression goes tight. Her shoulders tense.]
In fact, why would someone go after you two at all? [A stray thought: would the sperm donor...
No, he wouldn't. He wouldn't. He's a massive prick but he has standards, doesn't he? But even this Zelos had said—
She can't, won't think about that line of thought much further here and now. For now:] And do you think you're both safe now, from whoever it was? [If not—there's a look in her eye that Zelos might be very familiar with. It's the one she wore when she gave him the proof he needed, the calm determination to protect, however she can, what she has left.]