Sixth little lie ♰ 'Cause the devil works quick, you know it don't take long

[beingdifferent]

(CW: gore)

Who did this?

[Today you don't get charm, Barge, you're in for something completely different. Esther's standing on the deck, eyebrows knit, mouth a thin line, looking troubled. The reason why becomes apparent when she swings her communicator around and captures an image of something becoming increasingly common on the Barge: a bloodied corpse, this one of one Hannibal Lecter. That in and of itself isn't so strange, and even a young murderess is clever enough to pick up on that. The strange part is that this death was obviously not due to a human attack; the claw and bite marks attest to that.]

This is the man everyone is angry with. Someone set a dog upon him, right? [She doesn't sound disturbed so much as disapproving, and the feed swings back to capture her face still wearing that frown.]

…A warden will need to bring him to the hospital. [By which she means infirmary.] I'm not going to stay here alone.

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[halftheman]

I think we can take it from here, Bond.

[ He puts a hand to her shoulder to nudge her, gentle. ]

Come, Esther. I still have some of the cookies Anya made. You can have one.

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[lastrat]

[He gestures for them to go on ahead of him, more emphatically than he would normally. It feels a little absurd, that he has to be so careful not to glare at this girl. She's what, eight? Nine? No - she says she is. But it's not so difficult to act like a little girl, is it, no - not when there are people ready to run to the rescue.

He's disgusted, but willing to wait. If she gutted him at - Christ, how is he supposed to sort out how old she is? - as a child, maybe she's more restrained, now. He can wait it out.

He's certainly not concerned for Dent's safety.]