Yeah. Something like that. They meet all of my requirements.
[ The long pause that follows makes it seem like she intends to elaborate, but she only lapses into silence. For all of his friendliness, Six is still a stranger, and Jude is ... Jude. A cagey, paranoid creature that has lived in fear too long to trust easily.
Most secrets are better kept close to the chest until she can be certain they can't and won't be used as a weapon against her, anyway. Her next attempt to redirect the conversation is still patient, deliberately so; there's no need to drive away potential allies by prickly insisting he doesn't need to know her business.
She wipes her hands down the front of her blouse, futilely trying to erase the lingering traces of flowery oil that had stained the edges of that crystal bottle. ]
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[ The long pause that follows makes it seem like she intends to elaborate, but she only lapses into silence. For all of his friendliness, Six is still a stranger, and Jude is ... Jude. A cagey, paranoid creature that has lived in fear too long to trust easily.
Most secrets are better kept close to the chest until she can be certain they can't and won't be used as a weapon against her, anyway. Her next attempt to redirect the conversation is still patient, deliberately so; there's no need to drive away potential allies by prickly insisting he doesn't need to know her business.
She wipes her hands down the front of her blouse, futilely trying to erase the lingering traces of flowery oil that had stained the edges of that crystal bottle. ]
And you?