Zhaneel watches him, shifting slightly toward the door as he moves toward template and cup. He starts with a small sip and it's fairly shocking to realize that he's testing to see if it's been poisoned. She never would have considered doing such, but then maybe that was the issue; maybe she needed to get to the point where she was willing to do such. A shiver moves along her spine as she notes that he's never once looked away from her.
When he snaps a command at her, she reacts instinctively as she's done her entire military life. Her spine straightens and she brings her shoulders blade back and they do very nearly touch. The position forces her chest out, but she's standing straight and it makes an immediate visual difference. Where she looked quite a bit shorter while hunched and shrunken in on herself, she looks every inch her 5'10" now.
She is silent for a moment as she considers her answer, and when she does speak, she maintains her corrected posture."I wanted to... No one should have to starve because their ideals don't match another's." She chews her lip slightly, "If you don't want to help me, then I don't believe there is anything I can currently offer to pay that would change your mind... but that doesn't change the fact that you have to eat more than you've managed to ferret away."
She hadn't even considered that the other HYDRA operatives hadn't brought him anything, or even offered. She swallows tightly before continuing, but she forces herself to look at him. "And... your room is near my own, so it doesn't draw attention if I bring anything extra back; especially after the rationing episode."
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When he snaps a command at her, she reacts instinctively as she's done her entire military life. Her spine straightens and she brings her shoulders blade back and they do very nearly touch. The position forces her chest out, but she's standing straight and it makes an immediate visual difference. Where she looked quite a bit shorter while hunched and shrunken in on herself, she looks every inch her 5'10" now.
She is silent for a moment as she considers her answer, and when she does speak, she maintains her corrected posture."I wanted to... No one should have to starve because their ideals don't match another's." She chews her lip slightly, "If you don't want to help me, then I don't believe there is anything I can currently offer to pay that would change your mind... but that doesn't change the fact that you have to eat more than you've managed to ferret away."
She hadn't even considered that the other HYDRA operatives hadn't brought him anything, or even offered. She swallows tightly before continuing, but she forces herself to look at him. "And... your room is near my own, so it doesn't draw attention if I bring anything extra back; especially after the rationing episode."