Alex can smell the fear on the other woman. She'd always thought that was just a saying, but now it's real and in Alex's face, and all Amanda's lessons on empathetic responses aren't helping when that fear is feeding the roil of emotions already building in Alex.
Alex knows she's dangerous, a monster in most people's eyes for the things she's done and the things she's capable of. But this is... She steps forward again, into not-Irina's space, and Alex shouldn't be able to loom over her when she'd noticed as they first met in the doorway they were within an inch in height, but it feels like she's looming.
"A monster? You think I'm a monster?" she asks, the rush of blood loud in her head, her heart beating faster and stronger, tension running through her and her hands clenching and releasing against the energy she doesn't know how to contain.
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Date: 2014-06-09 10:45 pm (UTC)Alex knows she's dangerous, a monster in most people's eyes for the things she's done and the things she's capable of. But this is... She steps forward again, into not-Irina's space, and Alex shouldn't be able to loom over her when she'd noticed as they first met in the doorway they were within an inch in height, but it feels like she's looming.
"A monster? You think I'm a monster?" she asks, the rush of blood loud in her head, her heart beating faster and stronger, tension running through her and her hands clenching and releasing against the energy she doesn't know how to contain.