There was a hard glint in Zhi's eyes, there a moment and gone. What followed was nervous cheer, and babble. "Ain't wantin' t' get meself done up in knots over this, yer understandin', aye? Won't be yer own head gettin' chewed up an' spat out, no it won't, will it? Ye've yer tasks t'do an' I've mine, that's th' way of it, 'tis."
She moved as she talked, with the jerky stiffness of a servant who's spilled the dirty mop water. "Ye'll let yer jacks know not t'come here, aye? If me master hears naught o' it, I'll be set back out on th' streets, that I will."
Positioning herself opposite the stranger, she stood looking at the abandoned linkpearl, wringing her hands.
She moved as she talked, with the jerky stiffness of a servant who's spilled the dirty mop water. "Ye'll let yer jacks know not t'come here, aye? If me master hears naught o' it, I'll be set back out on th' streets, that I will."
Positioning herself opposite the stranger, she stood looking at the abandoned linkpearl, wringing her hands.
