[ Of all of them, he does wonder that these two starved-looking waifs aren't the hungriest for the deer he brought, and in the back of his mind, he turns Hekate's very different mannerisms over and over without deep thought, the way he might with an old coin. He glances once to the side to follow Hekate's progress around him, then back to Ivor.
When he answers her, his voice is obscurely gentle, some odd inflection in it, aimed entirely at the male hyena. He hadn't dared try this on Dinah, and it doesn't seem any wiser to try it on Hekate. Yet he must start experimenting somewhere, and if he can see what effect his attempt to soothe Ivor has, that seems like the least dangerous option. It is a simple thing, an insinuating calmness, an effort to mitigate the aggression that awaits outlet before it finds any such excuse. ]
I'm from England. Wales, before that. I've come a long, long way.
[ Unnecessary words, simplistic construction, the tiniest bit of repetition, all subtle reinforcements of what he's trying to do. ]
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[ Of all of them, he does wonder that these two starved-looking waifs aren't the hungriest for the deer he brought, and in the back of his mind, he turns Hekate's very different mannerisms over and over without deep thought, the way he might with an old coin. He glances once to the side to follow Hekate's progress around him, then back to Ivor.
When he answers her, his voice is obscurely gentle, some odd inflection in it, aimed entirely at the male hyena. He hadn't dared try this on Dinah, and it doesn't seem any wiser to try it on Hekate. Yet he must start experimenting somewhere, and if he can see what effect his attempt to soothe Ivor has, that seems like the least dangerous option. It is a simple thing, an insinuating calmness, an effort to mitigate the aggression that awaits outlet before it finds any such excuse. ]
I'm from England. Wales, before that. I've come a long, long way.
[ Unnecessary words, simplistic construction, the tiniest bit of repetition, all subtle reinforcements of what he's trying to do. ]