Aiden Shepard [ Abraham Van Helsing ] (arcere) wrote in bellumlogs,
And there was that incredibly unpredictable anger. It came out of nowhere like a punch to the throat, though Aiden generally expected it whenever he opened his mouth. Joanie was unbelievably touchy about the whole being-other-people deal, and while he could understand - hell, he hated the entire deal, would be more than happy to point out that they weren't the people assigned to their brains to most degrees - she really took it way too personally. It wasn't like she was some hideous monster who got killed in the process of kidnapping and attempting to rape a princess, she was just a witch.
"What a wonderful demonstration of how well you're handling this," he said offhandedly, petting Zeph as he watched the excitement and inevitable unnecessary death onscreen. "I'm not that age, I'm not that well-built, and I'm not that fictional. And I don't have that hat."