I reached to undo the top button , for when a man demands our tunic , we must give it gladly and then offer him our cloak . `` Would you like my shirt as well ? '' `` Preacher - boy 's stripping for us , '' yelled John Macklin , but I only slid the first button out of its hole and Derek Royce glared hard , like to cut me open just by looking .
Carter was still hanging back , his face turned a little to the side and his chin down against his shoulder , but he was first to talk .
Emotion: Fear