Strax's comment didn't sound like a direct threat, but rather a cold statement of facts, which made it all the more uncomfortable for the listener. There was no raising of the tone, no apparent aggression, but there was something much harder to deal with: clarity. He wasn't reacting emotionally; he was setting boundaries, and he did so with a naturalness that indicated this wasn't an exception, but a pattern.
Mythra held his gaze for a few seconds, without immediately responding. Her silence wasn't hesitation, but calculation. She clearly understood what had happened there, not just the act itself, but the dynamics that led up to it. The man had provoked her, she had allowed it, and Strax had resolved it in the most direct way possible. The question wasn't whether it was right or wrong, but what it meant within that environment.
