[ That left the stranger with a lot of ground to cover. And - an implication that he'd only wait for an opportunity before taking up arms. ]
[ But his expression didn't change, remained polite and diplomatic - until he implied that Lorenz had said something to help provoke this behavior. ]
[ Zechs didn't look angry. He didn't look offended, or annoyed, or even smug about his fiance having a perhaps goading word to say. No, instead - ]
[ His face went unnaturally calm and still. The sort of still smoothness that indifference has - like the vacuum of space or the frigid surface of Mars - inhospitable to anyone ill prepared for it. ]
[ And his voice, like those sorts of unforgiving environments - was calm but cold. Zechs was not saying anything as a threat. Rather, he stated a fact. ]
no subject
[ But his expression didn't change, remained polite and diplomatic - until he implied that Lorenz had said something to help provoke this behavior. ]
[ Zechs didn't look angry. He didn't look offended, or annoyed, or even smug about his fiance having a perhaps goading word to say. No, instead - ]
[ His face went unnaturally calm and still. The sort of still smoothness that indifference has - like the vacuum of space or the frigid surface of Mars - inhospitable to anyone ill prepared for it. ]
[ And his voice, like those sorts of unforgiving environments - was calm but cold. Zechs was not saying anything as a threat. Rather, he stated a fact. ]
That will not be the only thing we discuss.