[ she feels the tension in lil's body, the resistance in her muscles, and it's almost cruel the way danger tightens her grip, putting more pressure on the awkward angle of lil's arm behind her back. it isn't that she has no feelings for the woman-- she has some, the kind that she's failed to properly quantify-- but her feelings are, at the end of the day, just complex data, and she's more than capable of prioritizing whatever lingering feeling of indebtedness she has below the more pressing concerns of the moment.
whatever lil is saying to her, the angry namecalling and threats, gets dismissed as useless environmental input. behavioral patterns suggest that lil is almost always angry and frequently responds this way. danger is unfazed by it.
she hears (feels) madison's protest, but she doesn't move to let go. ]
Lillian, I require your cooperation before I will release you. You will calm yourself.
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whatever lil is saying to her, the angry namecalling and threats, gets dismissed as useless environmental input. behavioral patterns suggest that lil is almost always angry and frequently responds this way. danger is unfazed by it.
she hears (feels) madison's protest, but she doesn't move to let go. ]
Lillian, I require your cooperation before I will release you. You will calm yourself.