How Misfortunate [Catherine, Sabriel]

The answer was awfully simple and Sabriel frowned slightly, watching Catherine carefully, using both her empathy and skills at reading body language to try and figure out what was going on inside the redheaded researcher. What she was picking up was distressing and as the lavender eyes of the Arrancar moved to watch Catherine’s hand as it dwelled upon the scar, the Arrancar’s own body language shifted. She did not like what she sensed at all.

Wary but figuring that since she had already gone so far, she should keep gently pushing, prepared to make a more active move if Catherine blew a fuse, so to speak. The redhead was difficult to read and given how quickly she was shifting from calm to manic, Sabriel was far more on guard than normal at this point.

“He bit you?” She asked simply, tenderly encouraging Catherine to resume with her tale, albeit with a growing sense of dread.

After so long spent being completely honest, it was somewhat curious that Catherine would choose now to clam up. Was the Arrancar getting close to the root of the redhead’s issues? A possibility but as Sabriel pondered about her next move, she wondered if it was wise to keep pushing, given how little she honestly knew about Catherine’s abilities. Having the woman before her blow a fuse now could cause quite a mess, a situation that the dark haired truly did not need.

Yet, it was difficult for the Arrancar to stop now, given how far she had come and who knew whether Catherine would ever be so forward about her past again. Honestly, the conversation had aroused Sabriel’s curiosity to such a degree that the lavender eyed woman now had another problem. Her own desire to know more, one that was becoming so strong that it was overriding Catherine’s seeming desire for the Arrancar to stop pushing. A rare occurrence.

Holding back her interest for now, Sabriel would acquiesce to Catherine’s wish to change the subject. “I am not sure about the importance in the grand scheme of things but a Quincy friend of mine was attacked by a rogue Shinigami just lately. It was quite the savage attack from all accounts and the girl was lucky to survive.”