How does Emerald respond to this?
Hard no... And Jaune needs to reflect a bit.
"No, I can't," she said, managing to seem firm as she gazed at him.
"Why not?" Jaune blinked, surprised she not only said no, but seemed to hesitate so much about it.
"I owe Cinder everything. It's because of her I'm not on the streets anymore."
Jaune paused at that... Emerald had been homeless as a kid? No wonder she was so dedicated to Cinder. That's what he was going against. He mentally cursed himself. He had tried pushing Emerald too hard too fast, to get her to renounce Cinder here and now when Cinder had clearly done so much for Emerald.
Ruby was right, he needed the dominant, but gentle approach, to show Emerald enough kindness to overshadow what Cinder had done for her if he was to make real progress without breaking Emerald. He couldn't afford impatience. Damn it, he was way too used to the Note being able to produce results at whatever rate he chose...
Still... He got something out of her out of it, knowing a bit more about Emerald's connection with Cinder, and why she was loyal enough to risk enduring severe sexual deprivation.
There was just no way he was going to undo that much devotion to Cinder overnight. No, what he needed to do was take this slow... And he owed Emerald some relief at this point, given his actions and new revelations. His best angle now was to compete with the kindness Emerald perceived Cinder had shown her... Undermine it if possible. Cinder wasn't going to lift a finger to give Emerald sexual relief going off of Emerald's reaction to the idea of trying to rely on her. He had to avoid getting put in that same box.
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