Her panic, palpable in its suddenness, made his heart race, and he quickly smothered the intrusive feeling with his own calmness. He should have seen it coming, should have known she would react that way.
"What I mean is, I met him today and had a chat with him. Nothing more. Told me to give you a message, but I'm sure by your reaction that you know what the message contains, to a degree. So it would be pointless to relay it." He continued to smile amiably. "And I'm more aware of what he's capable than you might think."
Like her and his friend in the corner, he stood at the same moment, though less rushed and more relaxed, as if merely getting up to stretch. "If you knew it was unsafe, being aware of your chaser in the corner, why did you decide to stay in the first place?" Shaking a finger scoldingly at her, he said, "Very unwise."
Dear, dear, she was tense. Rigid as a tree, ready to bolt like a mouse noticing the eyes of cat on it. He couldn't help but feel bad for her.
He would help her.
"You're safer here than you might think," he added, reaching out to grab her arm to stop her from leaving and using that contact to release a pinch of his calming magic. She needed to regain her composure if she planned on getting out of this one alive. A panicked mouse only ran blindly, with no thought to strategy, until it was finally caught in an easily avoided trap set by the cat.