[ Scott's hackles are back up now, and his gaze is going back and forth between Riza, the other Enforcers, and the boy. It's fine though, Riza's covered for them, and Scott knows well enough to always be quiet and compliant when Enforcers are feeling aggressive. It's the quickest way to be free of their attention, and go back to his business. He thinks the boy is smart enough to cooperate too.
But his mother isn't. Though attacking her intelligence is unfair--her senses are clouded from the pain and torture, and all she knows is that two Enforcers are approaching her son, and that it's probably because he shouldn't be with her.
So she screams.
She screams and yells and protests with energy that should be long lost to her now, and when the Enforcers reach for their batons, it's only expected that the boy couldn't watch them abuse his mother any further.
He stands guard. And so does Scott, because the sticks swing down with enough force to send pain blooming sharp and angry through his entire body. He doesn't know what it would've done to the kid, and he's not about to find out, powering on as though the situation isn't needlessly escalating - ]
We have IDs! [ He insists, hoping to ignore the issue of the woman and the boy altogether, reaching into his jacket to get his communicator. ] Just hold on--
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But his mother isn't. Though attacking her intelligence is unfair--her senses are clouded from the pain and torture, and all she knows is that two Enforcers are approaching her son, and that it's probably because he shouldn't be with her.
So she screams.
She screams and yells and protests with energy that should be long lost to her now, and when the Enforcers reach for their batons, it's only expected that the boy couldn't watch them abuse his mother any further.
He stands guard. And so does Scott, because the sticks swing down with enough force to send pain blooming sharp and angry through his entire body. He doesn't know what it would've done to the kid, and he's not about to find out, powering on as though the situation isn't needlessly escalating - ]
We have IDs! [ He insists, hoping to ignore the issue of the woman and the boy altogether, reaching into his jacket to get his communicator. ] Just hold on--