[Ashe's heart sinks and he feels terribly guilty. If he'd just been keener or smarter, they wouldn't have ended up in this situation. The grip in his hair tightens and he winces, leaving him to watch helplessly as Balthus evidently is ready to turn himself in.
The assassin holding the sword doesn't seem to have thought this out too far as he tries to think of how to handle this. Eventually, he carefully clenches the sword blade in his teeth instead of just, you know, sheathing it like a normal person. It frees up the assassin's hands so he can take out some chains.]
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[Ashe's heart sinks and he feels terribly guilty. If he'd just been keener or smarter, they wouldn't have ended up in this situation. The grip in his hair tightens and he winces, leaving him to watch helplessly as Balthus evidently is ready to turn himself in.
The assassin holding the sword doesn't seem to have thought this out too far as he tries to think of how to handle this. Eventually, he carefully clenches the sword blade in his teeth instead of just, you know, sheathing it like a normal person. It frees up the assassin's hands so he can take out some chains.]