<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/0/01/1314109481901.jpg)</div><strong>Joanna Kyleson (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=199856.msg9761793#msg9761793) - Follower of Set<br/>Appearance 3 - Status 1 - Blush of Health<br/>Tagging:</strong>Barir bin Yasha<br/><br/>As he took hold of her chin, he could more easily feel the gentle trembling, her jaw trying to clench and stay unclenched.  Her hands, however, had stopped fisting up into improvised weapons.<br/><br/>"I guess I just thought you were different," she said with a sorrowful, sympathetic tone that only held snippets of the lashing Beast were one to look closely enough.  "Most people know to look past clan, letting go of all the old hatreds and feuds and letting people just be people.<br/><br/>The flashes of barely-restrained fury that filled her eyes, though, told a different story.    Disgust, not pity, flickered through her condescension.  For every word she managed with gentle civility, a brief glimpse of partially-concealed wrath sought to rip out his throat for his bigotry.<br/><br/>As soon as he let her go, she took a step back, glancing away from him and breathing a little more slowly.  "You're still welcome at the Cat's Eye, but I want you to look into the rules of a strip club before going in," she said.  "Even if you disrespect me, I don't want you touching my girls and then beating up a bouncer if he tries to throw you out."  Anger trickled out from her words still, closely followed by the light of recognition of her tone.  "I'm sorry, it's just..."<br/><br/>One more deep breath filled her lungs, a soft closing of her eyes momentarily giving her a look of relative peace, and she looked up to his eyes.  "Thank you for being open about how you feel," she said.  "It's a rare trait, and I guess I should appreciate that I'm not going to spend a century figuring out that you think I'm just trying to get in your pants."<br/><br/>She glanced back over the room, with a few other people she still hoped to talk to.  "I should go," she said.  "Goodbye for now."  With that, she started away.