[Rune is free to protest being moved to a more secure location at any time. They can argue about it as Brand moves them to the more secure location anyway. That would be more fun than the picture Brand is assembling in his head right now, which he can't see yet but doesn't fucking like the shape of. The relief on his end at finding Rune is giving way to a thrumming tension.]
The fuck?
[Then, almost reluctantly, since he needs answers that he suspects he's going to hate:]
no subject
The fuck?
[Then, almost reluctantly, since he needs answers that he suspects he's going to hate:]
I just saw you before I ended up here.