[ There's a little bit of new information tucked away to keep in mind there. It doesn't sound deliberately dropped, but she knows her own limitations in reading people that she would sooner just default to being suspicious. To have had a private army under his own command at some point means that he has some more potential than she'd expected if it's true.
Even if it isn't, she's evaluating him on his own merits here and not on anything he could reference in his past. She lets out a soft, short sigh in response to his assertion that she won't regret it. In Annie's mind, there's no way he could believe he could possibly honestly offer that as a promise.
And had she, in that moment, she might have just bolted. She's not above working with madmen, but anything so much as faintly smacking of altruism makes for an entirely different kind of beast. ]
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Even if it isn't, she's evaluating him on his own merits here and not on anything he could reference in his past. She lets out a soft, short sigh in response to his assertion that she won't regret it. In Annie's mind, there's no way he could believe he could possibly honestly offer that as a promise.
And had she, in that moment, she might have just bolted. She's not above working with madmen, but anything so much as faintly smacking of altruism makes for an entirely different kind of beast. ]
Maybe.