[ maine doesn't take offense to byerly and beth's reactions to him, doesn't even flinch when beth raises her knife. par for the course, nothing he hasn't seen a hundred and a thousand times, on every star system and planet he inhabits. people are afraid of him, and he accepts this truth as naturally as he accepts breathing, an inescapable fact messily scrawled on the faces of everyone who encounters him. he registers their brief moment of terror with complete impassivity, the way a lounging lion acknowledges the skittish fear of a grazing gazelle, and turns away, giving his back to their worries and wielded weapons.
as he draws closer to the cave, he can hear the the footsteps again, descending deeper into the dark. he crouches low at the mouth, arm draped over his knee, and stares motionless until he spots movement in the shadows, a shapeless form flickering toward the encampment's ( still pathetically sparse ) food stockpile.
right. so either it's someone who's really, really hungry, or it's someone playing dirty games. his patrol shift, his problem now.
he cranes around to fix his eyes on beth and byerly, mouthing the word stay as clearly as he can. then he disappears into the cave, his footfalls eerily quiet for a man of his size. whether they choose to listen to him or not is up to them; maine won't stop them if they follow. ]
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as he draws closer to the cave, he can hear the the footsteps again, descending deeper into the dark. he crouches low at the mouth, arm draped over his knee, and stares motionless until he spots movement in the shadows, a shapeless form flickering toward the encampment's ( still pathetically sparse ) food stockpile.
right. so either it's someone who's really, really hungry, or it's someone playing dirty games. his patrol shift, his problem now.
he cranes around to fix his eyes on beth and byerly, mouthing the word stay as clearly as he can. then he disappears into the cave, his footfalls eerily quiet for a man of his size. whether they choose to listen to him or not is up to them; maine won't stop them if they follow. ]