[She's still bristling, but she'd been waiting for him to shout back and the fact that he doesn't makes her pause in her anger long enough to actually listen to what he has to say. That he looks apologetic goes a long way, too.
By the time he's finished, she's still not happy with him, but she's not outright angry at him either, and she really wants to believe what he says about it not being because she's a girl.]
I know you don't like him, but it's-- [he has a reason to be paranoid about that sort of thing, is what she thinks, but she really doesn't know how to say it, and she curls up in her chair a little, looking away from the screen.] It's nothing personal. [The way Brandon talks to Clark, his defensiveness.]
And for the record, it was my idea. [Just to try it, and it'd felt so nice to not be scared of electricity after some of what Black Mask had done. She looks back at the screen, defiant] He won't hurt me. [and it's clear how much she believes it.
The way he'd reacted after she told him - everything, had convinced her.]
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By the time he's finished, she's still not happy with him, but she's not outright angry at him either, and she really wants to believe what he says about it not being because she's a girl.]
I know you don't like him, but it's-- [he has a reason to be paranoid about that sort of thing, is what she thinks, but she really doesn't know how to say it, and she curls up in her chair a little, looking away from the screen.] It's nothing personal. [The way Brandon talks to Clark, his defensiveness.]
And for the record, it was my idea. [Just to try it, and it'd felt so nice to not be scared of electricity after some of what Black Mask had done. She looks back at the screen, defiant] He won't hurt me. [and it's clear how much she believes it.
The way he'd reacted after she told him - everything, had convinced her.]