With a reluctant heart, Lone turned and trudged back to Coraline's stairs...
There was no arguing with Boss when he started threatening violence...
Coraline was where he'd left her... She had crouched down and... was crying into her knees.
...It made Lone feel a little guilty.
Maybe he had overreacted? Coraline obviously wasn't in the best state of mind. It would have made more sense to... be nice to her?
Even though she was never really nice to him? It really wasn't fair...
"Hey..."
"G... go away..." Coraline muttered through her sniffling, "I don't want your pity..."
Ignoring her, he approached and... sat beside her.
He made sure not to sit so close that he couldn't defend himself.
Coraline was stronger than she looked-- or at least her smaller hands and elbows hurt more? The Elven girl had... a small surface area? So the force was concentrated?
