It's not scientific, the equation doesn't make sense. She's punching in the numbers but the text came out garbled.
[ There's a confused look to match the words as she observes the salt with curiosity. The fact that it confuses her only makes River want to know more, rather unsurprisingly, but she holds herself back from pestering with too many questions. Just about, anyway. ]
Silver, salt and iron. Pure is as pure does, and they cast out any evil.
[ It's more of a mental note than any real conversation. She doesn't know what he's talking about, not in the slightest, but she knows that he does. There's experience behind the words, anyone could hear that.
...Maybe not anyone. River can, though, and she knows enough and trusts that enough that she's willing to take what he says as fact, at least until anything proves otherwise.
The ring takes her by surprise though. Not many things surprise her any more, and for a moment after taking the ring she just rests it in the palm of her hand, tilting it slightly to each side to make it roll gently around the center of her palm. There's a lot of things that she could say. He doesn't need to try to protect her. A few seconds didn't save his life. He should stop trying to save everyone.
In the end she settles for something a little less intrusive. Manners, manners. ]
no subject
[ There's a confused look to match the words as she observes the salt with curiosity. The fact that it confuses her only makes River want to know more, rather unsurprisingly, but she holds herself back from pestering with too many questions. Just about, anyway. ]
Silver, salt and iron. Pure is as pure does, and they cast out any evil.
[ It's more of a mental note than any real conversation. She doesn't know what he's talking about, not in the slightest, but she knows that he does. There's experience behind the words, anyone could hear that.
...Maybe not anyone. River can, though, and she knows enough and trusts that enough that she's willing to take what he says as fact, at least until anything proves otherwise.
The ring takes her by surprise though. Not many things surprise her any more, and for a moment after taking the ring she just rests it in the palm of her hand, tilting it slightly to each side to make it roll gently around the center of her palm. There's a lot of things that she could say. He doesn't need to try to protect her. A few seconds didn't save his life. He should stop trying to save everyone.
In the end she settles for something a little less intrusive. Manners, manners. ]
There are demons here?