“… Perhaps… the soul is forceing me to see you in one way, & it isn’t as a villain.”
“Soul…?… Why would your soul be doing that?”
I shrugged my shoulder’s, but a memory of the crime statistics in the metropolitan area forced me to have an epiphany. In addition, Charlie would have told me if there was a vigilante running around town. “… It all happened so quickly… maybe a little slower for you, but if you’re first instinct is to save my life; Why should I see you as dangerous?”
Edythe’s had pressed together while I had talked. Now her eyes were also almost impossibly large. That just reminded me of one of the golden rules of anime. People with impossibly large eyes were the good guys. Villains had smaller & more narrow eyes.
“What is funny? A woman can have more than one instinct.” Now Edythe was upset again, & I was unable to completely keep a smirk off of my face.
“Yes, but it was the one you acted on with little thought… little thought towards whatever the reason is you insist on being vague & mysterious, about that afternoon.
I could see this only upset Edythe further, but I was at a loss for how to exactly apologize for an unconscious choice, if that was indeed what was upsetting her. I could be wrong, even if I wasn’t an idiot.
“If it helps, I can easily see your brother as dangerous.” Edythe glanced at her siblings sitting at their table.
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