That whole thing Ann had been doing earlier? Resisting the urge to take a Few Prudent Steps Back? Yeah, she's reneging on that bravado. She's Backing The Fuck Up, even, because what the hell?
She'd figured there was something wrong with him; a Goro Akechi with nothing wrong with him is like a unicorn, probably. Not real--or at least, not real in the vast majority of worlds.
This is...on another level.
(She contemplates, for just a moment, asking Igor what just happened. The idea is dismissed out of hand almost immediately; she thinks she'd rather pull out her own teeth.)
Should she just...wait? If he's having a seizure or something, it'd probably be bad to leave him alone, even if he's making every hair on her body stand on end...
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That whole thing Ann had been doing earlier? Resisting the urge to take a Few Prudent Steps Back? Yeah, she's reneging on that bravado. She's Backing The Fuck Up, even, because what the hell?
She'd figured there was something wrong with him; a Goro Akechi with nothing wrong with him is like a unicorn, probably. Not real--or at least, not real in the vast majority of worlds.
This is...on another level.
(She contemplates, for just a moment, asking Igor what just happened. The idea is dismissed out of hand almost immediately; she thinks she'd rather pull out her own teeth.)
Should she just...wait? If he's having a seizure or something, it'd probably be bad to leave him alone, even if he's making every hair on her body stand on end...