[ Okay, there's a difference between a mild phobic reaction and pure terror, and John leaps over the line between them the second Poe sees him reaching for a gun that isn't there. Poe grabs on to John, in part to keep his balance and in part because it just seems like the right thing to do. ]
Easy! Easy. It's okay.
[ The bug has frozen in place, one antennae bobbing, multifaceted eyes emotionless. Another moment of stillness from the two men and it crawls on its way again, down to the base of the crystal and closer to them for a moment before it circles back and disappears between a fresh pair of stones.
Poe doesn't really care about the others staring at them. He doesn't really care about the bug, either, except to be grateful it's gone. He doesn't want John to try and kill it when it hadn't been doing anything but existing, terror or no. ]
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Date: 2018-01-31 11:26 pm (UTC)Easy! Easy. It's okay.
[ The bug has frozen in place, one antennae bobbing, multifaceted eyes emotionless. Another moment of stillness from the two men and it crawls on its way again, down to the base of the crystal and closer to them for a moment before it circles back and disappears between a fresh pair of stones.
Poe doesn't really care about the others staring at them. He doesn't really care about the bug, either, except to be grateful it's gone. He doesn't want John to try and kill it when it hadn't been doing anything but existing, terror or no. ]
Let's go.
[ His tone is one that won't tolerate argument. ]