[He absolutely has her interest, and she looks thoughtful even as she reaches out to help herself to some of the fruit he had brought, nudging the basket a bit closer to him in offering so that they might share— if he’s comfortable with it. He trusts her enough to be here, and that makes her feel slightly less anxious about her situation, but she wouldn’t blame anyone who wanted to be overly cautious.
Even the level of exposure she’d suffered had been the stuff of nightmares. She can’t imagine how it would feel to be responsible for passing it on to someone else, or how those who had been worse off than her were likely still suffering.
She doesn’t let herself dwell on that for now, but instead smiles as he draws her attention to his communicator.]
Maybe you can be the one who invents it. I agree about the screen, though... for all we’re able to do on these devices, it does seem awfully small. I have to squint to read it sometimes— and Styx can’t even write on them properly.
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[He absolutely has her interest, and she looks thoughtful even as she reaches out to help herself to some of the fruit he had brought, nudging the basket a bit closer to him in offering so that they might share— if he’s comfortable with it. He trusts her enough to be here, and that makes her feel slightly less anxious about her situation, but she wouldn’t blame anyone who wanted to be overly cautious.
Even the level of exposure she’d suffered had been the stuff of nightmares. She can’t imagine how it would feel to be responsible for passing it on to someone else, or how those who had been worse off than her were likely still suffering.
She doesn’t let herself dwell on that for now, but instead smiles as he draws her attention to his communicator.]
Maybe you can be the one who invents it. I agree about the screen, though... for all we’re able to do on these devices, it does seem awfully small. I have to squint to read it sometimes— and Styx can’t even write on them properly.