[ He could get around it. He could move fast enough, maybe, before she even got the chance to pull the trigger. If not, he'd certainly survive bullet wounds, though it would be a much longer and messier process than Deb might be imagining.
But instead he stops, hands raising smoothly as though he's under arrest, a theatrical show of looking less intimidating. The black eyes are gone in a blink, too, and yet there's no pretending he's back to the frightened, hesitant demeanor of before. Still, he even goes so far as to take a step back; as he does, one hand moves to press a finger to his lips, signalling a quiet 'shh' to hush Edgeworth's interference. ]
Keep your weapon where it is, Lady Morgan. It's been a pleasure to meet you; I'd hate to cut our acquaintance so short.
[ The words aren't entirely different from his other warnings, but the body language and voice twist them into something new - not a warning, but a promise. If she does lower her guard, give him an opening, he's hardly going to waste it - but the truth is, he'd rather not. He finds them both interesting enough, and he wouldn't actually mind avoiding a bloodbath that involved a quantity of his own. ]
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But instead he stops, hands raising smoothly as though he's under arrest, a theatrical show of looking less intimidating. The black eyes are gone in a blink, too, and yet there's no pretending he's back to the frightened, hesitant demeanor of before. Still, he even goes so far as to take a step back; as he does, one hand moves to press a finger to his lips, signalling a quiet 'shh' to hush Edgeworth's interference. ]
Keep your weapon where it is, Lady Morgan. It's been a pleasure to meet you; I'd hate to cut our acquaintance so short.
[ The words aren't entirely different from his other warnings, but the body language and voice twist them into something new - not a warning, but a promise. If she does lower her guard, give him an opening, he's hardly going to waste it - but the truth is, he'd rather not. He finds them both interesting enough, and he wouldn't actually mind avoiding a bloodbath that involved a quantity of his own. ]