This time, as she watches him, her expression gentles and she reaches out to settle her hard hand on his wrist for a moment.
"My apologies." Secretly, she thinks it is a good thing that he has already paid the consequences of his actions, because surely it will prevent him from doing something so stupid as to make a blood pact with a witch again. A scientist, as he said. Still, she is not so callous as to be oblivious to the fact that it was difficult for him, and surely remembering the pain he has suffered is not something he wants to do. She can relate. "I did not intend to upset you."
To change the subject, she reaches out and snags a bread roll off the platter down the table, depositing it on Steven's plate before taking one for herself as well. "My riders tell me you are not very capable in the saddle." The words may be chastising, but her tone is playful. "Is that true?"
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"My apologies." Secretly, she thinks it is a good thing that he has already paid the consequences of his actions, because surely it will prevent him from doing something so stupid as to make a blood pact with a witch again. A scientist, as he said. Still, she is not so callous as to be oblivious to the fact that it was difficult for him, and surely remembering the pain he has suffered is not something he wants to do. She can relate. "I did not intend to upset you."
To change the subject, she reaches out and snags a bread roll off the platter down the table, depositing it on Steven's plate before taking one for herself as well. "My riders tell me you are not very capable in the saddle." The words may be chastising, but her tone is playful. "Is that true?"