[That's in weary answer to the massive growth spurt that the girl suddenly undergoes--because seriously, what a hassle. Even on the brink of wanting to tear into everyone in the room, Mitchell can still feel inconvenienced. If he's out here to find Josie, and he's taking the time to help Kate, the least this girl can do is not grow seven feet tall and tower over them.]
This isn't Alice in bloody Wonderland, all right. You're going to sit down or you're going to regret it.
[That's not an idle threat. The easy way that he says it might communicate something of that. She'll regret it, whatever she is, but he won't, and a little creep of anticipation goes through him. Finally.
He shakes it off, glances at the other girl, sizing her up--doing his best not to let it be a hungry thing, just a glance to get an idea of what she can do, whoever she is--and hopefully she's the real one in this situation, not some other part of whatever figment this is.
One thing at a time, some calm and bloodthirsty part of him says, one at a time, there will be time for her if she's not--]
no subject
[That's in weary answer to the massive growth spurt that the girl suddenly undergoes--because seriously, what a hassle. Even on the brink of wanting to tear into everyone in the room, Mitchell can still feel inconvenienced. If he's out here to find Josie, and he's taking the time to help Kate, the least this girl can do is not grow seven feet tall and tower over them.]
This isn't Alice in bloody Wonderland, all right. You're going to sit down or you're going to regret it.
[That's not an idle threat. The easy way that he says it might communicate something of that. She'll regret it, whatever she is, but he won't, and a little creep of anticipation goes through him. Finally.
He shakes it off, glances at the other girl, sizing her up--doing his best not to let it be a hungry thing, just a glance to get an idea of what she can do, whoever she is--and hopefully she's the real one in this situation, not some other part of whatever figment this is.
One thing at a time, some calm and bloodthirsty part of him says, one at a time, there will be time for her if she's not--]
Get Kate.