[That certainly doesn't help matters at all. It's only the fact that Kaoru backs off immediately and answers Kimigiku's question that spares him the treatment the guards had received - that, and the fact that being occupied with holding Sen keeps her arms from being free enough to go for the pressure points that would send Kaoru crumbling to the ground.
His answer makes a little more sense than she cares to admit, and the expression on her face is one of deep aggravation.]
I know the poison you mean. [It's okay that he doesn't have the pouch. Some of it has been missing from Yase's stores, and Sen's symptoms solve the mystery of where it ended up quite nicely.] If she is to survive, I must take her away from here immediately.
[She gets to her feet, taking Sen with her, and meets Kaoru's eyes. Immediately means she has no time to coordinate Kaoru's rescue nor can she allow for him to make a delay - but there is something almost challenging in the look on her face, as if daring him to speak up and say, "She would want you to take me with you."
Though, to be honest, Kaoru would probably do more good in the short run than harm. He would likely know that the chances of Kimigiku having gotten in this far undetected are slim; even now, other guards are approaching from the compound. He'll certainly be more familiar with their movements than she will, not that she seems altogether concerned by that.]
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His answer makes a little more sense than she cares to admit, and the expression on her face is one of deep aggravation.]
I know the poison you mean. [It's okay that he doesn't have the pouch. Some of it has been missing from Yase's stores, and Sen's symptoms solve the mystery of where it ended up quite nicely.] If she is to survive, I must take her away from here immediately.
[She gets to her feet, taking Sen with her, and meets Kaoru's eyes. Immediately means she has no time to coordinate Kaoru's rescue nor can she allow for him to make a delay - but there is something almost challenging in the look on her face, as if daring him to speak up and say, "She would want you to take me with you."
Though, to be honest, Kaoru would probably do more good in the short run than harm. He would likely know that the chances of Kimigiku having gotten in this far undetected are slim; even now, other guards are approaching from the compound. He'll certainly be more familiar with their movements than she will, not that she seems altogether concerned by that.]