Eyes and Ears

[Byron]

For a few moments, Elena stood there quite speechless actually, surprised by his suddenly very serious words for her, but also by the plenty of information he obviously had about her. How the hell could he even know about all this, she thought. However what he told her didn't make her exactly worried or anything, especially since these considerations and thoughts had been in her head for a while already, she in fact felt a slight bit of aggression coming up. It sounded too much as she would be a helpless girl that needed protection. Her muscles strained, her facial expressions turned somewhat angry, and she even clenched her firsts for a moment.

With a raised eyebrow, she said: "Maybe you just haven't seen my other side yet, thought about that? Do you really think I'm always such a nice person like I am right now? I'd suggest thinking again, then." She stopped for a second, considering her next words. In fact, she could have told him so much right now, but it should still sound at least a bit diplomatic. "I thought you'd have gotten another image from me than this. Do you, in all seriousness, believe I'll just run away from my trouble whenever it's about to hit me? That's not how you live life, and most certainly not how I'm going to live mine. No idea why you're so keen on making me quit, but from what I've learned of you, you should be one who actually understands why I never gonna jack it all in."

A sigh was hearable, and she closed her eyes for a second, trying to cool herself down again. "You also make it sound like I'm a dumb girl that needs everybody to protect her. Excuse the harsh words, but that is just chauvinistic. Again, is this really what you think? The sole fact that I'm still alive should prove you wrong, I can very well watch out for myself." Another sigh, then speaking again. "I know you only mean it well, but I'm not -that- helpless. And neither am I going to quit. We got a job to do. And so far.." her gaze wandered down to her belly. "...I've managed to do my job even with, well, you seem to know it anyways." She was in no way about to leave, rather she crossed her arms before her chest, leaning against the handrail and eyeing the man in front of her. Even though she wasn't exactly happy with the situation, Elena was quite interested in what he was about to say.