( marc, too, is kind of a dick, so it's fine. he'll fit right in with her tried-and-tested sample size of THIS IS WHAT SUPERHEROES ARE LIKE, even if vigilante would be the more accurate term for marc's specific brand of ...everything.
apparently satisfied that his new friend — the one he kneed, not yelena — won't be getting up to cause trouble with any immediacy, marc holds up his hands. it's not quite a gesture of surrender — he doesn't let go of the truncheon in his hand, and even in the dark, the sheen of something liquid is visible not just on the metal but across fingertips and the palms of his gloves.
what it is, is deliberate and measured. steady, the same as his voice when he answers, ) You don't. ( if she was going to shoot, she'd have done it, he thinks. it's intimidation. a deterrent. a threat she might make use of but probably prefers not to, so— ) Which means you're not going to shoot either of us.
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apparently satisfied that his new friend — the one he kneed, not yelena — won't be getting up to cause trouble with any immediacy, marc holds up his hands. it's not quite a gesture of surrender — he doesn't let go of the truncheon in his hand, and even in the dark, the sheen of something liquid is visible not just on the metal but across fingertips and the palms of his gloves.
what it is, is deliberate and measured. steady, the same as his voice when he answers, ) You don't. ( if she was going to shoot, she'd have done it, he thinks. it's intimidation. a deterrent. a threat she might make use of but probably prefers not to, so— ) Which means you're not going to shoot either of us.
( hopefully. )