[There was an idea in Riddick's head that Alayne might not have kept the shiv he gave her. Too big for her hands, ugly, and when someone like her met the wrong end of a blade it was understandable they wouldn't want anything to do with them. Understandable, but stupid. She'd hesitated to take it from him, and he wouldn't have been surprised to find it discarded. But it's in her hand where she stands in the corridor, and when the sound of the wolf approaching surprises her, she raises it. Badly. Her hold needs fixing, the angle of her arm, but the effort was there. The spirit. He'd told her she'd need to fight, next time. Maybe she'd listened.
He stays where he is as she recognises the wolf, drops down to greet her. But there's hesitation there, the same as when he'd held that blade out to her. Blood on the animal's teeth, but surely the girl had known her nature, keeping her at her side the way she did.]
She was scared. [He doesn't come much closer, leans against the wall on the other side of the corridor, several paces away. His voice carries well enough, low in the empty hallway.] She's looking for a steady hand.
[The wolf might have hurt some people - Riddick doesn't know how many - but she'd done it out of instinct, fear thick in the air. It wasn't her that had wronged, but maybe the girl would blame her for it all the same.]
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He stays where he is as she recognises the wolf, drops down to greet her. But there's hesitation there, the same as when he'd held that blade out to her. Blood on the animal's teeth, but surely the girl had known her nature, keeping her at her side the way she did.]
She was scared. [He doesn't come much closer, leans against the wall on the other side of the corridor, several paces away. His voice carries well enough, low in the empty hallway.] She's looking for a steady hand.
[The wolf might have hurt some people - Riddick doesn't know how many - but she'd done it out of instinct, fear thick in the air. It wasn't her that had wronged, but maybe the girl would blame her for it all the same.]