[ Hearing that tone - the true, heartfelt concern springing from nowhere and a compassion that had been absent in her mother's warnings about the world - immediately brings Rapunzel to a halt. She doesn't move or turn to acknowledge Shinpachi directly, but if he's reading her body language closely enough, he'll notice her shoulders as they begin to curve inward protectively. The rest of her body follows. ]
Too late. [ Her eyes and expression have gone slack and blank. ] Turns out? I'm actually carrying more than half my weight in skills already.
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And don't tell me what to do. [ The beat is literally only a quarter of a second. Because she's still herself and she still has to consider whether this will make sense or not since she's never used the word before. ]
–asshole.
[ Not openly hostile didn't last! Hopefully finding a weapon and arming herself will because Rapunzel shoots off into the fray without looking back, determined to come out of it alive and triumphant. Just to prove that she can. ]
no subject
Too late. [ Her eyes and expression have gone slack and blank. ] Turns out? I'm actually carrying more than half my weight in skills already.
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...
And don't tell me what to do. [ The beat is literally only a quarter of a second. Because she's still herself and she still has to consider whether this will make sense or not since she's never used the word before. ]
–asshole.
[ Not openly hostile didn't last! Hopefully finding a weapon and arming herself will because Rapunzel shoots off into the fray without looking back, determined to come out of it alive and triumphant. Just to prove that she can. ]