http://hajimenoippolit.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] hajimenoippolit.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] groznyj_grad 2008-01-17 02:34 am (UTC)

It surprised Rakitin that Deimos winced. The touch of the gun had seemed to excite him before.

"It's the result I know, not the cause," he said. "That's why I asked you."

Wanting to understand was the state of the universe at rest. It didn't need a why.

"And...no. I don't want to kill you."

His eyes, customarily warm and curious, hardened.

"But if you hurt anyone here, I will."

He said it in the voice of fact that he used for reporting findings.

"I promise you that."

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