One of the advantages to having a general, innate knack for power is that one can see such influences as these coming a mile away.
This does not always mean that one can stop them.
In this case, Puck's eyes narrow as he shrugs off the command easily enough, letting it slip sideways like surfacing from a pool of water-- but it's when he catches sight of Havelock that he gets truly angry.
"Have you not meddled with him enough, mistress?"
His tone's politeness just barely covers his rage, which is probably visible anyway in the set of his shoulders and a sudden clenching of his fist.
"'Tis I who is your mystery, just at present. If you cannot unriddle me on your own, I shall be delighted to better instruct thee."
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Date: 2010-02-15 08:01 pm (UTC)From:One of the advantages to having a general, innate knack for power is that one can see such influences as these coming a mile away.
This does not always mean that one can stop them.
In this case, Puck's eyes narrow as he shrugs off the command easily enough, letting it slip sideways like surfacing from a pool of water-- but it's when he catches sight of Havelock that he gets truly angry.
"Have you not meddled with him enough, mistress?"
His tone's politeness just barely covers his rage, which is probably visible anyway in the set of his shoulders and a sudden clenching of his fist.
"'Tis I who is your mystery, just at present. If you cannot unriddle me on your own, I shall be delighted to better instruct thee."