Maurice cursed himself in his silent mind. Of course he wasn't going to get a coherent answer from the girl under the present circumstances. He needed to be sure that his work was complete, as he didn't want to leave any potential threats to the population at large, but neither did he want to kill this girl until he had identified her. So, with the gun still pressed against her head, Maurice put a hand in her bag.<span style="color: #0080BF">"If you are who I think you are, I am not going to harm you. I am just checking for an ID. So stay still."</span>There wasn't much to go on, but he did find a library card. It didn't have a picture, but the name matched with that on the witches' correspondence. Maurice took a deep breath and put it back. As an afterthought, he took a black scarf lying nearby - belonging to one of his victims, no doubt - and wrapped it around his face to conceal it.<span style="color: #0080BF">"Alright, I have what I need - Lu. I am going to put down the gun. Just remain calm, and don't try anything foolish. Just because I don't want to kill you doesn't mean I can't."</span>He lowered his arm. A small 'click!' signalled that the gun's safety was engaged.<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic"><span style="color: #0080BF">It's up to you now, girl. Are you going to make me hurt you? Or are you going to play nice?</span></span>Maurice still stood at the ready to respond to a threat, but now he also had to think about how to calm the girl down. She had entered at an exceedingly inconvenient time. What was more, her very existance had been unknown to him until half a minute before she arrived, so she had taken him off guard. He needed to regain control of the situation.<span style="font-style: italic"><span style="color: #0080BF">Gather data. Analyze data and put it into context. Formulate action based of analasys.</span></span>Well, first things first - was she going to harm him?<span style="color: #0080BF">"I'm sorry. Will you be okay?"</span>The question felt stupid, but data was data. She had to respond in<span style="font-style: italic">some</span>way.