Roland edges closer. Finding a reason not to use his gun on the Psiionic, that's easy. The two of them are very close, and of course he doesn't want to risk hitting someone on his own side. The fact that he could make that shot in his sleep is not something the Capitolites have ever really seen evidence of, and if they have, well, of course a man would be more careful with the life of his lover.
It isn't much of a risk, then, to put his gun away and launch himself at the two, wanting his movement to push them both toward the door of the little shack sitting open and abandoned not too far away but mostly aiming to get his hand around the Psiionic's wrist, slam that knife into either the wall of that nearby shack or into the ground, and lean in close enough to murmur into the man's ear. "Get him inside with us. Make it look good."
Because he has, in fact, looked at Kankri - and if he needed a reminder of just why he needs to be careful here that name would do it, because even its use betrays how close these men are - and it's important that the Psiionic not think his only choice is to surrender and become this, whatever it is that's happening to the Signless now. He's seen the sorts of things people will do, given that kind of a choice, and he will not be the reason the Signless loses another friend.
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It isn't much of a risk, then, to put his gun away and launch himself at the two, wanting his movement to push them both toward the door of the little shack sitting open and abandoned not too far away but mostly aiming to get his hand around the Psiionic's wrist, slam that knife into either the wall of that nearby shack or into the ground, and lean in close enough to murmur into the man's ear. "Get him inside with us. Make it look good."
Because he has, in fact, looked at Kankri - and if he needed a reminder of just why he needs to be careful here that name would do it, because even its use betrays how close these men are - and it's important that the Psiionic not think his only choice is to surrender and become this, whatever it is that's happening to the Signless now. He's seen the sorts of things people will do, given that kind of a choice, and he will not be the reason the Signless loses another friend.