[ august acknowledges her explanation with a soft hum of his voice. being scared is an understandable feeling when someone is defenseless and untrained against such vicious creatures. neither is he but at least he knows the art of violence. wendy works with science by comparison. she shouldn't be touched in the first place, safer in the office or laboratory while he survives in a variety of chances and places. wendy lin should be safe.

until she's able to return, he will guard her; the hand on the back of wendy's head runs down gently several times. he's held sok leng before when she cries and he knows what it's like to cry on someone's shoulder — even though the end result is being alone due to his mistake. still, all he can focus on is her. all he can do to help is to stay with her. therefore he holds her close and tight, stretching one leg so that they can be more comfortable if they're stuck on the floor for a while. ]

I noticed. [ he says as he leans his cheek on the top of her head. ] I assume you've never had to deal with them before. My apologies for picking a terrible place for our talk, dear.