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Clara was glad for this talk with him, it was pulling her mind away from what happened. Sure, later when she went to sleep it would all go to Hell, but right now it felt good to get her mind off it. “Wow, I’m actually a first for the King?” She asked, mischief dancing in her eyes. She’d fully been expecting a smack after she’d hit him first, but he never touched her. “I never said thank you. For what you did to that man, so thank you.” She said, pulling her knees up to her chest.
Crowley waved a hand, dismissing the thanks. "He... challenged me; he deserved to die. That's the way of it." There was no way he was going to admit to the residual feelings the use of his oft-ignored Grace had brought up in him. Yes, that demon had defied him, challenged him, touched what was his; but that wasn't exactly why Crowley had been so vicious in his punishment. The urge to protect had been uppermost in Crowley's mind when he'd been tearing the little pissant into pieces, and that was something Crowley blamed squarely on his long-repressed angelic nature. And it would take a while for that nature to fully subside, which was something he blamed on Clara. "Well." For the first time in a long time, he scrambled for something to say. "Cup of tea?"














