[She'll succeed in grabbing him by the collar, because he's not going to fight her. How could he? She could probably punch him in the gut and he'd just stand there and take it, honestly.
It does shock him to be grabbed like this, but...]
...because you're my sister, Raina. Because there's not a single thing I can think of that you could possibly say that would ever make me hate you, no matter how horrible that thing is.
[And there is room for a failure of imagination, there. Even he knows that. But even so, his immediate worst thought is "what if she's done something horrible, like killing someone?" And even though he knows he could never be completely okay with that...
...he'd still help hide the body, wouldn't he? If it was for her.]
Six of you in total, then. [Because he's said his part there.] All right. Well, if I know you, you're probably scoping out the place for electronics, yeah? I think I might have some ideas of places to check...
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It does shock him to be grabbed like this, but...]
...because you're my sister, Raina. Because there's not a single thing I can think of that you could possibly say that would ever make me hate you, no matter how horrible that thing is.
[And there is room for a failure of imagination, there. Even he knows that. But even so, his immediate worst thought is "what if she's done something horrible, like killing someone?" And even though he knows he could never be completely okay with that...
...he'd still help hide the body, wouldn't he? If it was for her.]
Six of you in total, then. [Because he's said his part there.] All right. Well, if I know you, you're probably scoping out the place for electronics, yeah? I think I might have some ideas of places to check...