That badly is a slap in the face, but Harrow expected--and yes, from Sextus maybe deserves--nothing less. She knew he would see it, understand what she and Ianthe had done even if the particulars were closed to him, but to have the work revealed so nakedly still strikes her breathless for a moment. With Gideon just behind her, and Palamedes in front, there's nowhere for her to run. Momentarily, she considers constructs and bone sanctuaries, ripping a stud from her ear and working it into something to hold the both of them back, but something stays her hand.
"I had little time to craft something elegant," she says, her jaw tight. "Not without becoming further...compromised. It was a brute force solution, but it worked, and that is the more important thing."
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Date: 2021-05-21 11:53 am (UTC)"I had little time to craft something elegant," she says, her jaw tight. "Not without becoming further...compromised. It was a brute force solution, but it worked, and that is the more important thing."