Overlapping him, with the same distant calm as before: "I'm not with anyone."
Spike gets a quick, startled flick of a glance, before her eyes cut sharply back to Brianna.
River's a small girl, slim and short. But she stands straight, and right now there's an aura around her of something almost regal: an aura not just of confidence, but of something like authority.
"Not his. Not yours."
"I stand for the White. Rose and Beam and Tower. Khef and ka, watch and warrant."
With a soft certainty that's half a challenge: "I know who I am."
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Date: 2007-09-06 03:44 am (UTC)Spike gets a quick, startled flick of a glance, before her eyes cut sharply back to Brianna.
River's a small girl, slim and short. But she stands straight, and right now there's an aura around her of something almost regal: an aura not just of confidence, but of something like authority.
"Not his. Not yours."
"I stand for the White. Rose and Beam and Tower. Khef and ka, watch and warrant."
With a soft certainty that's half a challenge: "I know who I am."