[Valjean's second mistake, perhaps, is that her tone of voice makes him shift forward rather than back. For a moment it seems as though she will change her course, and for all that her tears are probably a good sign, he'd rather try to give comfort than stand and watch her cry.
Guard lowered, he is not fast enough to evade this time. He does try, but the razor leaves a deep slash across the palm of his outstretched hand. He gasps sharply in pain, drawing it back to his chest.]
D-ne -
[Base instinct knows that he needs to step back, to flee if he will not fight a child. But the pain caused his other hand to jerk away from his neck for a moment, and the blood is running faster down his front. He can feel it sticking to his chest. It isn't enough to kill him, and even now he knows he could live if he got away and tended to it.
But it hurts, and the loss of blood is beginning to go to his head.
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Guard lowered, he is not fast enough to evade this time. He does try, but the razor leaves a deep slash across the palm of his outstretched hand. He gasps sharply in pain, drawing it back to his chest.]
D-ne -
[Base instinct knows that he needs to step back, to flee if he will not fight a child. But the pain caused his other hand to jerk away from his neck for a moment, and the blood is running faster down his front. He can feel it sticking to his chest. It isn't enough to kill him, and even now he knows he could live if he got away and tended to it.
But it hurts, and the loss of blood is beginning to go to his head.
For a crucial moment, he is breathless.]