[several seats over, Cheris has been moving down the aisle, helping panicky survivors get out of the car -- and out of the way -- so she can check on the injured.]
Here -- [she has her backpack over her shoulder, and her air mask already on. it's a surprise to see a very different type of mask floating near the young girl's face. she doesn't find it that unusual as an exotic fashion accessory, but it's not something she expected to see on the planet she doesn't remember leaving.
she doesn't question the girl's delivery. anyone raised in the hexarchate knows that people have many different responses to pain.]
Can you take my arm? I'll help you outside.
[later, on the network, she pauses at the child's entry. the mask question sounds like too-implausible-to-be-false bait, but it's hard to choose between the other two, since she's never heard of Zeami but has managed to cause more than a few wars in her time.]
If it's not your face, whose face is it? [she's willing to be wrong if it means learning more.]
first train in / two truths and a lie
Here -- [she has her backpack over her shoulder, and her air mask already on. it's a surprise to see a very different type of mask floating near the young girl's face. she doesn't find it that unusual as an exotic fashion accessory, but it's not something she expected to see on the planet she doesn't remember leaving.
she doesn't question the girl's delivery. anyone raised in the hexarchate knows that people have many different responses to pain.]
Can you take my arm? I'll help you outside.
[later, on the network, she pauses at the child's entry. the mask question sounds like too-implausible-to-be-false bait, but it's hard to choose between the other two, since she's never heard of Zeami but has managed to cause more than a few wars in her time.]
If it's not your face, whose face is it? [she's willing to be wrong if it means learning more.]