He's not about to talk about his engagement with Ruby and what led them there. He doesn't deny that she is his wife though. It's very clear that he loves her to have come in the first place. His ring does indeed make it fairly clear. The less information Astaroth can use against them, the better it is; it's why he thinks quickly and shifts the subject a little. "You've missed a lot where you were dead. We've defeated the likes of Lucifer himself so I'm hardly afraid of you." He taunts her. If anything, he wants her attention to move off of Ruby and on to him to give his favorite demon a break from the torture.
Watching Ruby unable to escape and scream out isn't easy. He almost makes his gums bleed inside of his mouth holding back a few choice words. As hard as it is, he wants the attention to remain on himself. He shakes his head when Ruby delivers an apology through her eyes. It's not her fault. The blame rests on the mastermind in the room. The rope might be snug in some areas and tight in others but he tries to not to be any more tense under the circumstances (keyword: try.) It's impossible not to be uneasy and tense is exactly how he gets.
He was confident she could read his lips given how many times she's watched him speak or talk to her.
For a split moment, he fears the worst for Ruby when she speaks up and Astaroth without issue jerks Ruby's chin up from his perspective. He forgets trying to play calm and loses it. "Take your filthy hands off her. You've done enough. You've got me now so do you worst." His legs might be bound but he can scoot the chair with him an inch closer to them in protest. He grits his teeth even before the sting of the sharp instrument slices into a sensitive nerve along his hand. More disturbing than that is when Astaroth grabs his fingers (lefty hand) to force them to straighten out; the point of her knife hooks onto his ring and pulls it off as it slices downward from there. The band clatters on the floor. One of them wasn't expecting that, the other seems happy to have removed that little nuisance.
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He's not about to talk about his engagement with Ruby and what led them there. He doesn't deny that she is his wife though. It's very clear that he loves her to have come in the first place. His ring does indeed make it fairly clear. The less information Astaroth can use against them, the better it is; it's why he thinks quickly and shifts the subject a little. "You've missed a lot where you were dead. We've defeated the likes of Lucifer himself so I'm hardly afraid of you." He taunts her. If anything, he wants her attention to move off of Ruby and on to him to give his favorite demon a break from the torture.
Watching Ruby unable to escape and scream out isn't easy. He almost makes his gums bleed inside of his mouth holding back a few choice words. As hard as it is, he wants the attention to remain on himself. He shakes his head when Ruby delivers an apology through her eyes. It's not her fault. The blame rests on the mastermind in the room. The rope might be snug in some areas and tight in others but he tries to not to be any more tense under the circumstances (keyword: try.) It's impossible not to be uneasy and tense is exactly how he gets.
He was confident she could read his lips given how many times she's watched him speak or talk to her.
For a split moment, he fears the worst for Ruby when she speaks up and Astaroth without issue jerks Ruby's chin up from his perspective. He forgets trying to play calm and loses it. "Take your filthy hands off her. You've done enough. You've got me now so do you worst." His legs might be bound but he can scoot the chair with him an inch closer to them in protest. He grits his teeth even before the sting of the sharp instrument slices into a sensitive nerve along his hand. More disturbing than that is when Astaroth grabs his fingers (lefty hand) to force them to straighten out; the point of her knife hooks onto his ring and pulls it off as it slices downward from there. The band clatters on the floor. One of them wasn't expecting that, the other seems happy to have removed that little nuisance.