[Mary, on the other hand, is all done up in her Puritan finery, like a solemn shroud that works to diminish any sense she may be a threat. It's easier in places she doesn't know her place to play up the weaknesses of the fairer sex, to bide her time as she learns who can be turned to serve her and to what end.
It's all done by rote, a path she's walked so many times that she does it so easily that it might as well be true when she puts a hand up over her mouth as she shakes her head.
Shocked, terrified, unsettled, it's all there on here face while she feels nothing more than a passing curiosity over the creatures. In truth, it's what Vanessa has in that basket that's of more interest to Mary.]
They're terrible. Why would anyone ever keep them so near to so many people?
four!
It's all done by rote, a path she's walked so many times that she does it so easily that it might as well be true when she puts a hand up over her mouth as she shakes her head.
Shocked, terrified, unsettled, it's all there on here face while she feels nothing more than a passing curiosity over the creatures. In truth, it's what Vanessa has in that basket that's of more interest to Mary.]
They're terrible. Why would anyone ever keep them so near to so many people?