Siegmund would have been offended by her assumption. Why did she think he'd called her here to heal Tai Feng? Of course he understood the desire to help. He was morally obligated to do everything in his power to save someone who was dying. He was not, however, morally obligated to let Eileen put them both in danger by trying to jump into fights she couldn't win.
He flashed her an irritated glance and, without another word, whipped one of his daggers out of its sheath. Looking directly at her with an unwavering, flat expression, he smashed the pommel into the window, shattering the glass.
Super illegal. But a hotel in Las Vegas could almost certainly afford to replace a shattered window, and breaking certain rules to keep yourself alive was morally permissible.
He turned away and used the pommel again to clear the bottom of the frame of glass shards and make sure the hole was large enough to climb through. "We hide here to be safe. God forgives us." He sheathed his dagger again and climbed through the window, into the darkened hotel room.
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He flashed her an irritated glance and, without another word, whipped one of his daggers out of its sheath. Looking directly at her with an unwavering, flat expression, he smashed the pommel into the window, shattering the glass.
Super illegal. But a hotel in Las Vegas could almost certainly afford to replace a shattered window, and breaking certain rules to keep yourself alive was morally permissible.
He turned away and used the pommel again to clear the bottom of the frame of glass shards and make sure the hole was large enough to climb through. "We hide here to be safe. God forgives us." He sheathed his dagger again and climbed through the window, into the darkened hotel room.