<div class="floatright">(https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSCsvyZllRhUxxj0Z4lwbCZTkMlKSM-7KlJeIA5h98WrZsClmmC3w)</div><br/><br/>Sen shook his head when Gudluk turned into the apartment the woman had come out of, instead of checking the stairs.<em>Dumb as a sack of hydrospanners.  I'll have to check the stairs myself.</em>He turned part of his attention back to the woman beside him, although he didn't take too much of his attention off the far end of the corridor, expecting at any time to see someone emerge from the staircase.<br/><br/>She seemed to be having a lot of trouble keeping her pants on.  "The man who hurt you and killed Kielri, what did he look like?" he asked, his voice soft and soothing.  "I'd hate to have to explain to my partner why I carved a slice out of  the wrong man.  There are a few questions I want to ask, if we can catch him, but I really don't think you want to watch me ask them.  You don't seem like the type who would be into that, although given what he did to you and to Kielri, I can always let you remove his dick with a dull knife.  That should certainly loosen his tongue."<br/><br/>They were approaching the apartment slowly.  The woman seemed to need a great deal of support to stand and it was both slowing them down and hampering Sen's ability to react, should the situation warrant it.  He didn't want to hurt her but if push came to shove, he'd push her aside, in order to shove his knife through somebody's guts.  She might protest the rough handling but it would likely save her life if things went sour.  Once he got her to a place where she could sit, he could start his hunt.<br/><br/><em>Ch'otta's not going to be happy about this....</em><br/><br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Perception Roll</div><div class="spoiler_body">Roll Result: Captain Whitebread rolled: 1d20, adding 6 to the total Comment:Result: 17,Total: 23 to notice the blaster-shaped bulge in Corana's pants</div></div>