[there's a silence on Mao's end as he takes that in. He'd expected to give a response quickly, yet... And now with all these weird emotions bubbling up inside him that he doesn't understand... Is that... fear?]
A nagging feeling telling you to give in... Waiting and watching for a moment of weakness... But it actually can?
[voice; private- very hard]
A nagging feeling telling you to give in... Waiting and watching for a moment of weakness... But it actually can?