[ Li wouldn't kill her. But BK-201 would, because his sole deliberating system relies on cold logic. Except there's nothing logical about the City. Or this. He hears a voice suspiciously like Mao's: Deep-six the deep thoughts. Just go with it. Even if it's a mistake -- he's 99% positive it is -- there's only so much self-abnegation in the world, and he's used all his up. Morality is a complicated mess. ]
[ He moves nearer to her. This close, he radiates a tightly-wound energy. He thinks he feels her pulse vibrating between them, but of course that's just his own. A free hand tips her chin up. It'd be easy to stop this. Just one cold word, one sarcastic jibe, and the tension will re-coalesce into another fight. That's her call, though. ]
action; shed
[ He moves nearer to her. This close, he radiates a tightly-wound energy. He thinks he feels her pulse vibrating between them, but of course that's just his own. A free hand tips her chin up. It'd be easy to stop this. Just one cold word, one sarcastic jibe, and the tension will re-coalesce into another fight. That's her call, though. ]
Because it'll get you in trouble.
[ The double-meaning couldn't be clearer. ]