He looked fearful, blue eyes turning icy with terror and confusion, and she almost considered withdrawing herself, apologizing for her aggressive response. But she did not, instead rooting herself firmly to the ground. If he was so convinced that she had no bite, than wasn't it her duty to prove otherwise? Furthermore, why should she apologize? He had been nasty to her since Tom had left, had taken delight in calling her names and spurning rumors to the other orphans about her. That she was a Nazi who was hiding from the Allied forces. That she was a whore who had run into trouble and pretended to be some amnesia patient with nowhere to go to spare herself.