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[bodilesswarrior]

[Her eyes are red, and her voice is flat.]

Cassandra Cain is gone.

Does anyone feel like sparring? [She wants to hit someone. She wants to sweat and ache and bleed.]

[Private to David Cain]

Not you. [Her laugh is low and choked.] It's funny, isn't it, that I don't want to hurt you? [But she's not sure she could stop herself from going for his throat, right now.]

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[anewlanguage]

[He isn't sure how to react. Flinch? He wants to, can feel himself start to, but it turns into a short, cynical laugh.]

I know how to make an impression on you, huh.

[bodilesswarrior]

Oh, you sure do. I was ready to torture you almost to death when you showed up. [The words are light, but something twitches in her jaw. It's not guilt, so much as regret. She's glad it didn't happen.]

[anewlanguage]

[He doesn't feel threatened, exactly. He certainly doesn't feel upset.]

You could've. I wouldn't have put up much fuss, anyway. Course that might've ruined it, huh?

[bodilesswarrior]

[Wryly.] I don't know, I think Jason enjoyed it.

[anewlanguage]

[He snorts, shakes his head]

I don't think I've heard that story. What'd he get up to?