[Alan tries to back away again, but Tex is deceptively fast, even with a cane. For a heart-stopping moment, he thinks she’s moving to take the disk and by the time he realizes she’s reaching for his wrist instead, it’s too late. His grip tightens around the disk and the edge of it suddenly blazes white and razor sharp. Alan looks down at it in shock, half-expecting the curved blade to bite into his own palm, but as much as he can feel the sharpness, it doesn’t cut.
He’s lucky Tex seems too angry to look away from his face. Alan forces himself to meet her gaze. There’s no heartbeat to pound in his ears, but code crawls with paranoia as her hand stays on his wrist, close enough that she could take the disk in an instant if she chose to. He instinctively pulls back when she tries to yank him forward and finds it easier than expected not to budge. It must surprise her too because she glances down at his hand and--
Her eyes find a gold-circuited hand locked around a lit disk. Alan’s heart sinks as she looks back at him, eyes wide in shock. He tries pulling his hand out of her grasp again, a little more half-heartedly than before.]
It doesn’t. I guess that’s obvious now. [It’s also obvious that he was lying before. Though hopefully, so is the reason why.]
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He’s lucky Tex seems too angry to look away from his face. Alan forces himself to meet her gaze. There’s no heartbeat to pound in his ears, but code crawls with paranoia as her hand stays on his wrist, close enough that she could take the disk in an instant if she chose to. He instinctively pulls back when she tries to yank him forward and finds it easier than expected not to budge. It must surprise her too because she glances down at his hand and--
Her eyes find a gold-circuited hand locked around a lit disk. Alan’s heart sinks as she looks back at him, eyes wide in shock. He tries pulling his hand out of her grasp again, a little more half-heartedly than before.]
It doesn’t. I guess that’s obvious now. [It’s also obvious that he was lying before. Though hopefully, so is the reason why.]