The moment Honeydew touched him, an odd noise came out of Cell-- a startled snarl he swiftly cut off before the woman responsible could get any new ideas about it. Not that it would matter. A persistent something hung over him like a guillotine, something he could only really name a threat, but why and how that something could threaten a being as powerful as him eluded him.
It had eluded him for ages, now.
From that moment on, Cell refuses to flinch. He won't show the same weakness an earthling woman practically half his size would. A surge of energy crackled against Honeydew's palms; barely a fraction of what Cell could summon, as she'd know intimately by now. It was a promise that he trusted her to pick up on-- that, with one wrong move, he'd send her straight through the nearest wall with nothing but the telekinetic force of his ample power.
Still wearing the expression of an irate mannequin, Cell inclined his head in anticipation of that whisper- a sharp motion that censored not one ounce of his frustration.
"You have a lot of nerve," He hissed, mirroring her volume despite the pressing temptation to shout down at her, "calling me a liar."
Cell's hands closed around the woman's hip with a grip that, with each passing second, grew tighter. The tips of his claws bit into her skin.
"I am here because it's convienent."
"!!..."
She flinches, a knee-jerk reaction. A moment of weakness, intimidated by Cell's claustrophobic decision to keep their lips but one inch apart. She could feel the heat of his breath upon repeating his stance on the matter, as if driving the nail further into her coffin. A sudden wave of panic worked its way up her legs, towards the arms, then her hands, demoralized. Had she read him incorrectly? Did she get her hopes up over nothing? The agonizing embarrassment will be severe if she assumed a mutual feeling. Pupils would constrict, as if she could faint any moment...
But that didn't happen. No, something had occurred to her in a single blip of thought. "I can think of a thousand better ways to use my time." So why entertain her now? Why prolong this nauseating game? There were a thousand different ways to torture her, things he delighted in. This was not one of them. What point could be made in this, if only to build the heated tension? Cell's glare was cold as ice, yet there was a hypnotic light that invited her deeper into the hole she's created for herself. There is nowhere else to go. No ground gained. Not without taking risks. It was the only way forward, the only way she could hear the truth.
Honeydew's now steadied fingers would wrap around his armored shoulders, a near embrace, bringing her face towards his ear, close enough to whisper her rebuttal directly. She refrained from breathing heavily, but it was evident her patience was wearing thin.
"Then why. Haven't. You. Left? Liar."
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// My brain, without fail, everytime I see an anon bring up jiren
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Dek what do you think of Lord Beerus?
"I can't help but think it might be rude of me to talk about someone who might be listening."
"With that acknowledgement, I confess I've heard more about Lord Beerus than experienced him myself. It's rare that I meet someone in a position of authority that I truly find myself compelled to carry myself carefully around, but... It is difficult to take your chances with a being that could destroy you in an instant."
"I like to think that, given the chance, we could have a few interesting conversations over some novel snacks."
They are withholding several questions, several observations, extrapolations, theories and more regarding Beerus, divinity, the secret hierarchy of the cosmos and why one of its figureheads is a temperamental cat. The moment they find their path forward-- that is, a way of interacting with the so-called God of Destruction that won't put their existence in immediate jeopardy- is the moment they come closer to answering some of those inquiries..
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