Owen let his hands get pushed away smirking with amusement all the while at that smudge on her forehead. “You got a little -” he lifted his hand halfway as if to point at the mark she made but it stopped and dropped back to his thigh.
She didn’t seem to care and went along with her explanations.
It was kind of precious that black smudge on the forehead of a tiny woman.
He probably shouldn’t have seen her as a ‘tiny woman’ because clearly she was dangerous and in charge of a famous gang and little city, but he couldn’t help it.
Owen pursed his lips thoughtfully and turned away from her to pace back and forth in front of the engine. He folded his hands behind his back and made himself look as studious as possible. “I see. Curious, don’t you think that they haven’t made any demands of you? When you have so much to barter with here for your daughter’s life.”
He stopped his pacing and planted his hands on his hips. “A personal vendetta? Someone poking at your weak spots with the intent to coup in due time?” He posed these theories and then shrugged and raked his fingers through messy blonde locks that hung in tufts over his forehead. “This is why I stick around with Darcy only. You’re a big target. All of this.” He waved his hands around indicating all of Sierra Madre. “Huge fuckin’ bullseye, no?”
He gave up with looking at that black mark on her forehead and stepped up closer to her pulling off the bandana from around his neck as he did so. “What I haven’t figured out is,” he wiped at her forehead with the attentiveness of a fussy mother, “why do all this, huh?”
Closer to her he could see the tendril like scar running over half her face from under the bandana she wore to cover her eye. He wondered who had done it to her. And why.
She didn’t seem to care and went along with her explanations.
It was kind of precious that black smudge on the forehead of a tiny woman.
He probably shouldn’t have seen her as a ‘tiny woman’ because clearly she was dangerous and in charge of a famous gang and little city, but he couldn’t help it.
Owen pursed his lips thoughtfully and turned away from her to pace back and forth in front of the engine. He folded his hands behind his back and made himself look as studious as possible. “I see. Curious, don’t you think that they haven’t made any demands of you? When you have so much to barter with here for your daughter’s life.”
He stopped his pacing and planted his hands on his hips. “A personal vendetta? Someone poking at your weak spots with the intent to coup in due time?” He posed these theories and then shrugged and raked his fingers through messy blonde locks that hung in tufts over his forehead. “This is why I stick around with Darcy only. You’re a big target. All of this.” He waved his hands around indicating all of Sierra Madre. “Huge fuckin’ bullseye, no?”
He gave up with looking at that black mark on her forehead and stepped up closer to her pulling off the bandana from around his neck as he did so. “What I haven’t figured out is,” he wiped at her forehead with the attentiveness of a fussy mother, “why do all this, huh?”
Closer to her he could see the tendril like scar running over half her face from under the bandana she wore to cover her eye. He wondered who had done it to her. And why.
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