[And he promptly withers under her glare. Oh God, he can feel it.]
[...But after a few seconds of this, his only partially catastrophic run-in with the Other Equius rings in his mind. Speak strongly, he had been told. Right. That was what he was going to do. He pulls himself out of the shrinking violet position and takes a breath before speaking.]
no subject
[...But after a few seconds of this, his only partially catastrophic run-in with the Other Equius rings in his mind. Speak strongly, he had been told. Right. That was what he was going to do. He pulls himself out of the shrinking violet position and takes a breath before speaking.]
Fine.