"I'd be happy to kill you, if you'd rather."

"...No."

"Then as the lady said. Stop whining."

"Fuck you," she grumbles - but as she steps over to Five, she doesn't seem as hostile as she had been.

Eliese glances at Zero to see how she'd like to proceed from here.

"I'll stick around until she wakes up," Zero says after a long, uncomfortable moment. "I want to make clear to her face that if she warns our other sisters or tries to fuck with me in any way, that I'll come back and kill her."

"Fine by me."

Hex sheathes her sword so she can pick Five up. 

"Would you like help with that?"

"Don't touch her."

"Sounds like a no."

"It is."

"Well, never let it be said I did not respect a lady's clearly stated preference."

Yeah, right. 

She picks up Five, though, without saying anything. 

Fair enough. They were in a fight to the death just now.

"I'm taking her inside."

Presumably Zero will want to follow?

Sure. At a distance. (She's mostly hiding it, but Eliese can tell she's at least a little bit uncomfortable.)

"The plan worked," Eliese says to her.

"...So far."

"What do you anticipate going wrong?"

Shrug. "Something usually does. But the flower's always an asshole."

"It hasn't yet put together a real defense against me, so I'm hopeful."

"If it does, we'll figure out something else."

"There are options."