Raskin stayed buttoned up with a stone face, refusing to cave to Sabina.
He had his pride too!
As the two squared off, Warden Clementine laughed sweetly and tried to smooth things over:
"Sister Sabina, don't get your feathers ruffled.
Raskin just shot his mouth off. How could we let such a refined young man join the garrison full of knuckle-draggers?
Right, Commander-in-Chief Raskin?"
With the lifeline Clementine threw him, Raskin could save face and immediately nodded.
He was really sweating bullets that this woman Sabina might spill the beans in a fit of rage.
"Ha! I was pulling your leg. Such a refined young man joining our garrison would be a square peg in a round hole."
Having gotten what she wanted, Sabina tucked away the cards while warming up to Clementine—turns out she had a potential ally here.
'Potential ally' Clementine kept pushing her agenda:
"The garrison's definitely out of the question.