[At this point, Schuldig catches enough of Ross's surface thoughts to realize he's being asked to walk into a trap. However, he has a counter-plan, which he knows may ultimately wreck his tenuous bond with his shinki, but he's lost that before. All he cares about is surviving this encounter.
So he makes sure to get closer to Ross, within range to take one step and then have him be within arm's reach.]
Then go ahead.
[He makes sure to keep his voice even - neither dismissive nor excited, like he's just busy and got other things on his mind that he'd like to get back to. Which is kind of true.]
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[At this point, Schuldig catches enough of Ross's surface thoughts to realize he's being asked to walk into a trap. However, he has a counter-plan, which he knows may ultimately wreck his tenuous bond with his shinki, but he's lost that before. All he cares about is surviving this encounter.
So he makes sure to get closer to Ross, within range to take one step and then have him be within arm's reach.]
Then go ahead.
[He makes sure to keep his voice even - neither dismissive nor excited, like he's just busy and got other things on his mind that he'd like to get back to. Which is kind of true.]