[Only a brief pause, before he’s turning on a heel and leading the way. The interior door which leads to the basement, and a steep set of stairs connecting, is not far from the foyer, and so the walk there is a short one.]
Just this way.
[And though they walk is brief, he does deign to ask—]
You’re not injured, are you? [Not that he knows whose blood that is.]
no subject
Just this way.
[And though they walk is brief, he does deign to ask—]
You’re not injured, are you? [Not that he knows whose blood that is.]