[Cecily looks just as alarmed by this development as the rest of them. Her eyes go wide and she appears to have a mind to ask the very same thing that Ryder does. But she's been trained better than that.
Ryder lunges and Cecily places herself between, arm out to block the motion and hold Ryder back without necessarily restricting her. She makes sure that Ryder isn't about to slip past her, and then--]
"Maddy what the hell!"
[Maddy grips Teo's wrist tighter as he tries to yank free, rasping, no, no, please, as if he were about to be shot. Or something worse. But Maddy doesn't let go. She squints at his hand, his fingers, the line of his gloves where they're cut off.
Then she snarls.]
They're hiding something.
[Her glare turns on Ryder.]
They're both hiding something.
[She throws Teo's hand from herself and he scrambles back, clutching it like he's been burned. Really, it's closer to the other way around. He stares at her.]
I saw blood on that towel. It wasn't human. The print matches his glove.
[Cecily speaks through her teeth, struggling to keep her tone level.]
"It's the fucking apocalypse. Everyone's got blood on them."
Not like that. This guy went digging. I want to know what the hell for.
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Ryder lunges and Cecily places herself between, arm out to block the motion and hold Ryder back without necessarily restricting her. She makes sure that Ryder isn't about to slip past her, and then--]
"Maddy what the hell!"
[Maddy grips Teo's wrist tighter as he tries to yank free, rasping, no, no, please, as if he were about to be shot. Or something worse. But Maddy doesn't let go. She squints at his hand, his fingers, the line of his gloves where they're cut off.
Then she snarls.]
They're hiding something.
[Her glare turns on Ryder.]
They're both hiding something.
[She throws Teo's hand from herself and he scrambles back, clutching it like he's been burned. Really, it's closer to the other way around. He stares at her.]
I saw blood on that towel. It wasn't human. The print matches his glove.
[Cecily speaks through her teeth, struggling to keep her tone level.]
"It's the fucking apocalypse. Everyone's got blood on them."
Not like that. This guy went digging. I want to know what the hell for.