[if. most of Anna knows exactly how big of an ask that is, and she's not confident in her abilities, and she's also not really... she doesn't want to do this. in her right mind, she wouldn't be picking a fight with someone like this for no reason.]
[but she's not in her right mind, is the issue, and she's never really run into something like this where she's had to, like, steel herself against some sort of manipulation of her emotions. outside of customer service, but that's a little different.]
Neat trick.
[she hefts the blade with both hands so it's pointing ahead of her and jabs it forward, only barely moving with the weight of the sword as she does. what she hopes happens is like what would happen if an iron bar got shoved into the spokes of a spinning wheel. she's got as hard of a grip on the hilt as she can manage, and she hopes she's right.]
no subject
[but she's not in her right mind, is the issue, and she's never really run into something like this where she's had to, like, steel herself against some sort of manipulation of her emotions. outside of customer service, but that's a little different.]
Neat trick.
[she hefts the blade with both hands so it's pointing ahead of her and jabs it forward, only barely moving with the weight of the sword as she does. what she hopes happens is like what would happen if an iron bar got shoved into the spokes of a spinning wheel. she's got as hard of a grip on the hilt as she can manage, and she hopes she's right.]