So it seemed Mel didn't see annoyances as accidents, and though she had no particular love for any of these strangers, Eli's lack of manners caused her to draw up to a halt, sharply jabbing the stick into his path to stop or trip him, the teacher-chilling death stare returned as she rounded on him. "Hey." She rapped the stick sharply on the road. Sanctuary was not her first choice of homes but neither was she about to ignore the charity that had been extended to her as she recovered. These people had kept her alive through charity, and though she begrudged the concept of carrying a debt, she felt somehow responsible for correcting the rough and tumble moron's over the top aggression.
She did not raise her voice, though there was a natural edge of command in her clipped demand for attention. She drew close, invading his space as he had hers, keeping her attention trained on his face. It was only as she drew near that she lowered her voice, and at a volume that kept the sentiment strictly between them, she made her point. "Don't you fucking do that again." She pronounced the word with venom, cracking an unfriendly smile before easing away from him, all in all a rather polite tearing of a new one, or the threat of it, at least. "I don't know where you came from, but that won't work here. Apologize."
She did not raise her voice, though there was a natural edge of command in her clipped demand for attention. She drew close, invading his space as he had hers, keeping her attention trained on his face. It was only as she drew near that she lowered her voice, and at a volume that kept the sentiment strictly between them, she made her point. "Don't you fucking do that again." She pronounced the word with venom, cracking an unfriendly smile before easing away from him, all in all a rather polite tearing of a new one, or the threat of it, at least. "I don't know where you came from, but that won't work here. Apologize."
