[ She stops short when he seems to skitter away from her. Is he... afraid of her? It's so absurd, that he should be afraid of her when the most brutality here has been from the VIPs. But his reaction definitely shoves away the personal comparison, because he's so much younger and so much more frightened than indignant.
So Natalia swallows and tries to lower her voice. ]
I'm not going to hurt you. Please, I just need... [ What does she need? She needs all of this to have been some awful nightmare, and wake up safe and snug in her bed at the castle. ]
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So Natalia swallows and tries to lower her voice. ]
I'm not going to hurt you. Please, I just need... [ What does she need? She needs all of this to have been some awful nightmare, and wake up safe and snug in her bed at the castle. ]
... I need to talk to you.