You won't have to worry about my performance on the field at all.
[ He reminds her of the old military instructors she has, and not at all with any fondness. She figures it's either part of his background or that's the way the people of his kind are. He's alien. What would she know about that?
Parker rolls her eyes at his answer. She thought for a moment maybe he would offer something else. Something different, more straightforward. Less beating around the subject. Clearer than some-- hedonist purpose. Maybe exactly because of the way he shows himself to be, no bullshit. Hope dies last, even in someone suffering from depression.
No luck, though. ]
So, a cosmic bigger-than-life force. [ She sighs tiredly, dropping her head to rub the back of her neck, just below the line of her shirt where the scar down to the base of her spine begins. ] Of course. How could I forget?
no subject
[ He reminds her of the old military instructors she has, and not at all with any fondness. She figures it's either part of his background or that's the way the people of his kind are. He's alien. What would she know about that?
Parker rolls her eyes at his answer. She thought for a moment maybe he would offer something else. Something different, more straightforward. Less beating around the subject. Clearer than some-- hedonist purpose. Maybe exactly because of the way he shows himself to be, no bullshit. Hope dies last, even in someone suffering from depression.
No luck, though. ]
So, a cosmic bigger-than-life force. [ She sighs tiredly, dropping her head to rub the back of her neck, just below the line of her shirt where the scar down to the base of her spine begins. ] Of course. How could I forget?