[That question takes her aback, and she spends some moments considering it while she works the muscles either side of Cambridge's spine, the nerve clusters around his hipbones.]
...that's a trick question, really. It's not about benefit. I'm not thinking longterm when I pull a stunt like that, I'm not trying to do the right thing. It's like gnawing your leg off to get out of a trap; it sorts the immediate problem out in a big rush of pain and adrenaline and blood.
[And then she snorts softly in rather humourless laughter.]
'Course, you still 'ave a limb missing after, but that's a different problem. They do say a change is as good as a rest.
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[That question takes her aback, and she spends some moments considering it while she works the muscles either side of Cambridge's spine, the nerve clusters around his hipbones.]
...that's a trick question, really. It's not about benefit. I'm not thinking longterm when I pull a stunt like that, I'm not trying to do the right thing. It's like gnawing your leg off to get out of a trap; it sorts the immediate problem out in a big rush of pain and adrenaline and blood.
[And then she snorts softly in rather humourless laughter.]
'Course, you still 'ave a limb missing after, but that's a different problem. They do say a change is as good as a rest.