She laughs, the sound shrill and, again, a little unhinged. "Brainwashing? You have no idea what you're talking about. I have no idea what you're talking about."
She waves the baton at him again, raising it with a jerk to aim now at the approaching man's throat. "I brought this in case I needed to defend myself," she says, voice tight in her mental scramble for control and poise. "Obviously it was a good instinct. With Devero talking nonsense and threatening my life in the company of some-- some teknull stranger of dubious civility, can you blame me for wanting to neutralize the dangerous parties?
"Now you're talking all this nonsense too," she continues. "The two of you are clearly very sick and need care, so--" Her eyes harden now as she gathers herself.
"Let me help you with that!" She lunges again, jabbing the baton forward as quick as she possibly can.
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She waves the baton at him again, raising it with a jerk to aim now at the approaching man's throat. "I brought this in case I needed to defend myself," she says, voice tight in her mental scramble for control and poise. "Obviously it was a good instinct. With Devero talking nonsense and threatening my life in the company of some-- some teknull stranger of dubious civility, can you blame me for wanting to neutralize the dangerous parties?
"Now you're talking all this nonsense too," she continues. "The two of you are clearly very sick and need care, so--" Her eyes harden now as she gathers herself.
"Let me help you with that!" She lunges again, jabbing the baton forward as quick as she possibly can.