05-09-2014, 01:03 PM
The brakes screeched. The air it stirred ruffled his coat and fluttered his hair. The gentle, polite man that presented himself to him and Tehya before the would-be rapist made himself known was replaced by a boil under the surface ready to blow. Eli could practically sense the foreshocks to the earthquake Connor likely wished he could unleash upon what he viewed as another punk kid. He might as well have been an Elder shaking his finger and outlining the dark future of his soul for all the room to witness. As though rebukes of such a nature would do anything to Eli except make him pierce another body part.
Eli did not back down. Nor did he take his eyes from Connor's. The man's threat slid over him like oil on water. There was not a thing in the world that could make Elias care about this man's opinion of him. Concerning the nurse, Eli made his choice, and Connor assumed it was to let her be victimized in front of them. Perhaps he would and perhaps he would not, but Connor had made up his mind, and Eli didn't care at all to correct him.
The doors parted, and like good citizens of the world, the three of them waited for others to disembark before boarding. In the meantime, if Connor thought Eli was a brat, he should not underestimate a brat's insight into events. Only one of the trio was behaving suspiciously, and now, Connor openly admitted to knowing what was likely extremely rare information.
"You're the one with the problem. Anger management issues? As a psychologist might say."
Elias shook his head dismissively. "You spend a lot of time cutting the heads off things? Connor?"
But Eli's mounting suspicion was giving Connor a lot of credit. He was another idiot in the wrong place at the wrong time, and Eli had the exactly zero interest in proving himself to him or any of the others that preached to him about being a 'real man'. He knew, and was comfortable, with exactly what he was.
He was going to stay with Tehya though and make sure she boarded the train.
Eli did not back down. Nor did he take his eyes from Connor's. The man's threat slid over him like oil on water. There was not a thing in the world that could make Elias care about this man's opinion of him. Concerning the nurse, Eli made his choice, and Connor assumed it was to let her be victimized in front of them. Perhaps he would and perhaps he would not, but Connor had made up his mind, and Eli didn't care at all to correct him.
The doors parted, and like good citizens of the world, the three of them waited for others to disembark before boarding. In the meantime, if Connor thought Eli was a brat, he should not underestimate a brat's insight into events. Only one of the trio was behaving suspiciously, and now, Connor openly admitted to knowing what was likely extremely rare information.
"You're the one with the problem. Anger management issues? As a psychologist might say."
Elias shook his head dismissively. "You spend a lot of time cutting the heads off things? Connor?"
But Eli's mounting suspicion was giving Connor a lot of credit. He was another idiot in the wrong place at the wrong time, and Eli had the exactly zero interest in proving himself to him or any of the others that preached to him about being a 'real man'. He knew, and was comfortable, with exactly what he was.
He was going to stay with Tehya though and make sure she boarded the train.