[She's smiling at him and it doesn't make sense; she's telling him she wants to protect him and that doesn't make sense. She's not an X5. She's not from his unit. She's not...
He tries to think, unmoving, even his breathing shallow and minimal; it's difficult. There are too many unknowns, and if this place is not Manticore then he doesn't know how to make it make sense. He doesn't know how to act towards the people in it.
People who keep using his name.
His voice is flat, blank with terror; it would be unidentifiable to anyone that didn't know him, didn't know that this is how he hides. That he hides for one reason and one reason only.]
I am glad you are happy, but I do not understand. Were we in a field exercise together?
no subject
He tries to think, unmoving, even his breathing shallow and minimal; it's difficult. There are too many unknowns, and if this place is not Manticore then he doesn't know how to make it make sense. He doesn't know how to act towards the people in it.
People who keep using his name.
His voice is flat, blank with terror; it would be unidentifiable to anyone that didn't know him, didn't know that this is how he hides. That he hides for one reason and one reason only.]
I am glad you are happy, but I do not understand. Were we in a field exercise together?