Her hand shot out to slap Lex and for a moment Venom was stunned into stillness. She should not have done what she did, not that. To strike Lex was to dig a grave for yourself and again Eddie turned, to make his darker side know that he was there and that he was conscious, not much, but enough to see what was going on from behind a foggy haze. It was hard to see but it was not impossible.
Venom made a move, closer to Chloe who would be in trouble soon. Still the beast, he was not about to touch her for comfort. “Don’t,” he told her weakly, softer than when he had spoken before. He was waiting for Lex to do something, perhaps hit her back. Eddie braced himself for it. Venom didn’t know what to feel or what to think.
Veronica was being defiant and putting on a brave face. Venom said nothing to her. He couldn’t pay her much attention when he was giving it all to Chloe.