[If Archer notices a twinge of something like fear creep into the boy's eyes, it's not his imagination.]
[Wrath is more than familiar with the concept of being punished for stepping out of line. And as hot as his animosity burns for his old captor, he's not actually willing to risk his neck now that it's been brought up again. Jail doesn't scare him, but the nebulous 'rain' of punishment from above does.]
[So although he continues to scowl, there's no bratty comeback for that.]
[He does, however, shake his head at the question. He hadn't even seen the note.]
[At which point Mama decides to make herself useful, and helpfully pulls said note from her pouch. She'd thought ahead and grabbed it on her way out of the little dorm.]
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[Wrath is more than familiar with the concept of being punished for stepping out of line. And as hot as his animosity burns for his old captor, he's not actually willing to risk his neck now that it's been brought up again. Jail doesn't scare him, but the nebulous 'rain' of punishment from above does.]
[So although he continues to scowl, there's no bratty comeback for that.]
[He does, however, shake his head at the question. He hadn't even seen the note.]
[At which point Mama decides to make herself useful, and helpfully pulls said note from her pouch. She'd thought ahead and grabbed it on her way out of the little dorm.]