Stone's Throw

[Adonis Naodi]

He's on his feet as soon as he sees her, but the dinosaur trills at him warningly, and he stays back, hands curling slightly as his claws come out. "What happened?" he whispers, compassion lacing his voice. 

(and aren't her eyes just like Beth's, that one time she tried whoring?)

He's used to suppressing such thoughts. They're unseemly. 

[NPCs]

"I..." Her eyes shifted away, not as if she were about to lie, but as if she couldn't stand to look at him. As if she were afraid to look at him. "I don't know-- how can I tell..." She trailed off, voice cracking.

[Adonis Naodi]

Ignoring the dino's growling, he reaches out to gently stroke the side of her face. "You can tell me anything."

[NPCs]

"Promise me you won't do anything right away," she said after a few deep breaths. "That you'll think first."

[Adonis Naodi]

His paw stills. "Of course," he says, cautiously but gently. 

[NPCs]

"A-- A cat, they--" Nyessia shivered, the movement pulling her away from his hand, though she didn't appear to do it intentionally. "They went into... into heat."

[Adonis Naodi]

Adonis stares blankly at her for a moment. And so after your pet ripped their arm off, what happened then? But looking at her shivering, her refusing to meet his eyes, and anger comes roaring in a flash. "Who was it," he says, his voice utterly flat. "I'll kill them."

[NPCs]

"No," she cried instantly, grabbing his arm hard enough to hurt, even if just a little. "No, you can't, it-- Don, no."

[Adonis Naodi]

"These are my people, and you are my guest. To treat a guest in such a manner is... disgusting beyond belief. But if you insist, I will take this to the Keeper and he will judge."

[NPCs]

Nyessia smiled at him wanly. "Oh Don..." Her gaze lowered and she murmured, as if to herself, "you're too good, it's just making this..." She sighed, then cleared her throat. "Don, I'm not... hurt. Injured. It was just... It happened and..."

[Adonis Naodi]

"If you don't consider rape an injury, I have people you should talk to," he growls. 

[NPCs]

Nyessia's entire body flinched when that word is spoken and her eyes dropped once more. "...no... bodily injuries then," she whispered carefully.

[Adonis Naodi]

"Tell me who, or I'll walk you to the Keeper to tell him."

[NPCs]

"...Andreas," she whispered reluctantly. 

[Adonis Naodi]

Adonis stills. She can't mean my son. Beth's son, he corrects himself automatically. There's no way. He's merikos, he doesn't even have proper heats. For him to lose himself completely... 

Adonis bows his head. "I'll speak to his mother," he says quietly.