Liliana’s legs tensed as the giant barreled toward her, her body tightly-wound as the girl bounced off her back. There was no way she could outrun him, as she suspected; jumping as hard as she could to the side seemed the best bet. The piglet shuffled into her coat, and her left hand snaked around the back of her body and grabbed the girl’s coat at the shoulder, preparing to take her along for what was sure to be a bumpy, if short, ride. With well-timed precision she pulled the girl around to the front and wrapped her firmly in both arms, upper body curved into a protective shell as her legs bent to launch the two of them- a fraction of a second before lift-off, a massive crash rattled the ground beneath her boots, and the thunderous running stopped.<br/><br/>The child was quickly released, but pushed back behind her as it became obvious that while he was no longer mobile, the behemoth was still very much dangerous. The more he said, the further Liliana pushed her back, until her arm was fully extended. Finally she dropped it, but still had yet to move away from the downed figure, despite being so close that the smashing of his head sent bits of sharp debris flying toward her. As he crawled desperately forward, she walked with him, staying as close as she could without being in range of his head. She watched his face with her same emptiness, her body now relaxed with inaction. For a moment she contemplated reaching for the thick veins in his neck, maybe cut off the blood to his brain and get him unconscious, but that was more likely to end up with her arm shattered than anything. Still, when she saw the blood spot on his forehead, the dead-faced woman reached toward him almost without thinking.<br/><br/>A pair of arms wrapped around the giant’s neck, prompting the faintest flicker of surprise and a jerk of her head to the figure that had recently become a human necklace. She didn’t flinch as the bodies moved in synchrony, though the damage to one would have been far worse than to the other.<br/><br/>An apology?<br/><br/>Her eyes narrowed almost imperceptibly. It was hard to hear over the massive figures own shouting and crashing, but she was close and had sharp eyes for lip-reading. He only apologized, and suddenly the giant went limp, falling into a huge ragdoll on the ground. Immediately, her eyes fell to the giant’s chest, but it was soon made obvious that he was still breathing. For a second, Liliana could only stare; she wasn’t one to be surprised or shocked, but from where she stood it looked as though a man the size of a house had been apologized into unconsciousness. Her face registered nothing, but it took a moment before she moved. Quickly she knelt by Rock’s head, her long-fingered hands gentle as they wiped away the blood from his brow. She would have suspected it to be a painful injury for anyone else, but the giant had been half-eviscerated and managed to kill, skin and fashion clothing from bears before walking for hours and then crashing through walls. Pain seemed to be a different thing for him… but then she considered the way his face had contorted as he shouted, the tranquilized movements from the miniature warehouse, the spitting anger and frustration in the tone of his insane words… maybe it wasn’t such a big difference after all.<br/><br/>She remained kneeling beside the giant, one hand on his head as the guardsmen surrounded everyone, weapons ready. The man with the incapacitating apology spoke to them, rising unsteadily to his feet. She noticed the fresh blood splattered on the ground, like someone had just beheaded a small animal, and her eyes narrowed toward him once more; not in suspicion, but in curiosity. As much as Liliana could display, at least. Another young woman, one she didn’t recognized piped up from nearby, and the curious stare flickered to her. The emotionless woman noted a rather nice face and what appeared to be street signs wrapped around her arms, but she was more focused on the ring of hostility around them. Her body hunched forward defensively, and though her half-lidded eyes kept the guards in periphery, her blank gaze fell to Viktor.