Villain and Violent (Infant and Innocent)

His feet move before his brain becomes conscious of it, his thoughts stuck on the feeling of Spider’s small body curled into Jake’s chest, the knife discarded, and his hand curled into Spider’s hair as he held him ever closer.All discussion falls to a sudden silence as Jake steps up into the marui. Lo’ak and Kiri look to Jake with wide eyes, and even Aonung and Tsireya, arms burdened with children, take steps back at whatever they must see in his eyes, shooting the Sully children startled looks at the backs of their heads.“Dad,” Lo’ak says weakly. “How much of that did you hear?”