(Now that she's made her point though, she's returned to her usual size, and the house has stopped its various carrying on. Everything is very still, and silent.
She regards him in silence for a long moment. He doesn't seem all that cocky any more. Now he just seems startled, uncertain. Lucretia deflates. She's scared him properly now, and he won't go away and bring his sister back. He'll leave entirely and he'll write off the house as a do not disturb zone in his mind and he'll forget about her. She'll have to go back to sleep in the floorboards for another couple decades. Maybe longer.)
I'm sorry, (she says hesitantly, lowering a little so she can address him at eye level, shrinking back near one of the walls.) I'm not– I just want to talk. Please don't go.
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(Now that she's made her point though, she's returned to her usual size, and the house has stopped its various carrying on. Everything is very still, and silent.
She regards him in silence for a long moment. He doesn't seem all that cocky any more. Now he just seems startled, uncertain. Lucretia deflates. She's scared him properly now, and he won't go away and bring his sister back. He'll leave entirely and he'll write off the house as a do not disturb zone in his mind and he'll forget about her. She'll have to go back to sleep in the floorboards for another couple decades. Maybe longer.)
I'm sorry, (she says hesitantly, lowering a little so she can address him at eye level, shrinking back near one of the walls.) I'm not– I just want to talk. Please don't go.