[a person big enough that he's probably all she can see out of the corner of her eyes...at least until she screams suddenly, and Styx is nearly leaping out of his own skin in surprise. it's a wonder his drink doesn't goes careening all over the hallway floor.]
Ah, s-shit! I-
[his instinctive confusion fades away almost immediately as his slow brain grasps the situation at last, one far more familiar than it really ought to be. of course. he hadn't been acting with awareness of it since coming here, too rattled by the severe change in location, but that didn't mean anything had really changed. he still looked like a back alley serial killer, no matter where he went.]
Oh, uh, no, uh - shit, I'm sorry, 'm not gonna touch you or anything.
[he wants to reassure her but doesn't know how, and under the intense pressure of a clearly terrified person his already feeble mind simply ceases producing useful sentences. desperate to make his intentions clear despite his own babbling, he settles for waving his free hand around. because that's helpful.]
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Ah, s-shit! I-
[his instinctive confusion fades away almost immediately as his slow brain grasps the situation at last, one far more familiar than it really ought to be. of course. he hadn't been acting with awareness of it since coming here, too rattled by the severe change in location, but that didn't mean anything had really changed. he still looked like a back alley serial killer, no matter where he went.]
Oh, uh, no, uh - shit, I'm sorry, 'm not gonna touch you or anything.
[he wants to reassure her but doesn't know how, and under the intense pressure of a clearly terrified person his already feeble mind simply ceases producing useful sentences. desperate to make his intentions clear despite his own babbling, he settles for waving his free hand around. because that's helpful.]