[She can't do that. She knows it. Not right now. Not on the spot. She doesn't even know if she could do it back home. Not... on her own.
Aerith can only look annoyed by his challenge.]
You know it doesn't work like that. I won't play your game and I won't play by your rules either.
[She also understands that it would be unwise to even speak of any of her potential. It's possible he already knows. He already seems considerably more familiar with her than she'd like him to be.]
That intimidation tactic might work on other people, but it won't work on me.
[Or so she says. In truth, Aerith feels a great amount of uncertainty in his company. She also feels a great deal of dislike. Disapproval? She acknowledges that he's a danger to all of them if they let him get out of hand. They'll have to figure out something. At some point.
He's far too dangerous to just let wander about like a lost animal.]
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Aerith can only look annoyed by his challenge.]
You know it doesn't work like that. I won't play your game and I won't play by your rules either.
[She also understands that it would be unwise to even speak of any of her potential. It's possible he already knows. He already seems considerably more familiar with her than she'd like him to be.]
That intimidation tactic might work on other people, but it won't work on me.
[Or so she says. In truth, Aerith feels a great amount of uncertainty in his company. She also feels a great deal of dislike. Disapproval? She acknowledges that he's a danger to all of them if they let him get out of hand. They'll have to figure out something. At some point.
He's far too dangerous to just let wander about like a lost animal.]