Right. That'd be a lot easier if they'd just back off a little. Not like I'd turn down free food.
[Another of the twitchy half shrugs.]
Don't need a mountain of it in the house or every blade of grass the same perfect length.
[It's more than she'd usually say to a stranger, especially someone who could probably take her in a fight if things went south. Maybe this place is getting to her a little. Softening the edges. That gets her scowling.]
Anyways.
[There's nothing after it. A defensive swivel of neck and a couple of steps backward again.]
no subject
[Another of the twitchy half shrugs.]
Don't need a mountain of it in the house or every blade of grass the same perfect length.
[It's more than she'd usually say to a stranger, especially someone who could probably take her in a fight if things went south. Maybe this place is getting to her a little. Softening the edges. That gets her scowling.]
Anyways.
[There's nothing after it. A defensive swivel of neck and a couple of steps backward again.]