<strong>Ruth</strong><br/><br/>"Telling Cringe I'm not there to screw around on her turf gives her a reason to fuck with me about it. Posture all big, remind me she's got more guns than I do, all that shit. I'd rather skip that part." Being threatening isn't the problem - if she felt like she<em>could</em>threaten Cringe then fuck she'd do what it took to pull that off. That was why she'd gone to Esther in the first place. Failing that, Ruth would rather not have threats involved at all; they could only make things worse for her.<br/><br/>Fortunately she has an idea, came up with it while she was checking on Anise when she first returned to the infirmary. Hey, priorities, right? She might be in a little bit of a hurry to deal with this shit with Cringe but first things first, and in this case first things include checking on your patient. Be pretty stupid to go do the protective boss thing only to come back and find Anise bit it while she was gone, make it all for nothing. That definitely had to come first. Just a lucky coincidence that she got an idea for how to walk the line on appearances in the meantime.<br/><br/>'Course that delay means she's only just starting to get changed when their biker visitor shows up. Sorta lucky, in a way. Would've been a little awkward if she was getting really stripped down when some unfamiliar face popped in. As it is she's still in her boxers with her shorts only down around her knees, so it's not a big deal to pull them back up, turn around, size up their guest's problems. Which don't appear to be her problems, personally, whatever they are.<br/><br/>"Doesn't look much like you need a doctor," she says. "Not unless you're heatstruck. We can spare some cold water if you need it." Not that that was likely. So? "What's the problem?"