First little lie ♰ Keep me breathing as the water rises up again

[beingdifferent]

[The first image the camera captures is a pair of large brown eyes, blinking sleepily before widening. They dart back and forth as their owner pulls the communicator back, showing a small pale face framed by dark curls, mouth curled into a frown. Zoom back a little more and the starry expanse from the deck is visible in the background.

The girl in the foreground bites at her bottom lip, licks it, looks around again before frowning at the communicator. She pulls it up closer, staring at the screen, and speaks one word with a distinct note of fear in her voice.]

...Mommy?

Comments

[Private]

[la_belle_rogue]

Ya don't gotta right ta scare or threaten children, Inmate or not. Back. Off.

[Private]

[lawofthejungle]

The fuck kinda kid asks a guy if he could kill himself as conversation? I ain't sayin' anything she don't deserve.

[Private]

[la_belle_rogue]

[Okay yeah, that's a little pointed and creepy, but not at all the point.]

She's a kid. She doesn't deserve anythin' ya've got ta say.

[Private]

[lawofthejungle]

[But she's pointing out he's mortal, Rogue. It's problematic.]

Yeah, we'll see about that.

[Private]

[la_belle_rogue]

Creed, Ah'm gonna make this real clear. Ya so much as scare that little girl, and Ah will make it mah goal ta see ya regret it.

[When it comes to kids, Rogue does not fuck around.]

[Private]

[lawofthejungle]

...depends on what you consider "scare".

[Does making them cry count?]