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Huh? [ And for a moment, the smile breaks — left with nothing Lucina blinking at Veronica — before she regains some of her composure. She shakes her head. ] Not very much, I'm afraid.
... I come bearing news. [ Calm, composed. ] I'm afraid it's not very... pleasant.
... I come bearing news. [ Calm, composed. ] I'm afraid it's not very... pleasant.
[If there's anything, it's that Veronica is sharp. She can go through any number of things on a list in her head rather quickly. She falters for a moment here, visibly, before drawing the correct conclusion.]
This is goodbye.
This is goodbye.
[ There's a pause, disappearing just as quickly as it had appeared. She nods. ]
It is. [ No need to beat around the bush anymore. ] I received my reassignment this morning — I'll be leaving later tonight.
[ How strange to get her own, after seeing so many of her friends explain the same thing to her. The smile's finally gone. ] ... I'm sorry.
It is. [ No need to beat around the bush anymore. ] I received my reassignment this morning — I'll be leaving later tonight.
[ How strange to get her own, after seeing so many of her friends explain the same thing to her. The smile's finally gone. ] ... I'm sorry.
No, it's—you could say it's to be expected, couldn't you? I've seen a number of those transfer notices already. Not all of them were new. Many were veterans, so a veteran presence is to be expected.
[And desired, among all else. Veronica feels selfish for wanting Lucina to stay regardless of that. The upcoming mission sounds daunting, and she isn't ready to give up on an arrangement like this. If anything, the bonding exercises gave her more room to be more ... like herself.
To do sketchy things with it, too.]
I wonder if the marbles will still work.
[And desired, among all else. Veronica feels selfish for wanting Lucina to stay regardless of that. The upcoming mission sounds daunting, and she isn't ready to give up on an arrangement like this. If anything, the bonding exercises gave her more room to be more ... like herself.
To do sketchy things with it, too.]
I wonder if the marbles will still work.
Perhaps our evil uncles and aunts stole our inheritance.
Or we can do true to live and our father loved embezzling money and got all of his assets taken away.
That's my life, by the way.
I wouldn't have to put up much of an act.
That's my life, by the way.
I wouldn't have to put up much of an act.
[ Logically, it makes sense — she's accepted the reasoning for what Hathaway does ages ago. But suddenly, every single apology she's received makes perfect sense. Agreement or otherwise, they're friends now. To up and leave them all behind is—
She exhales, slowly. ] Still. [ Expectations, or otherwise. She can't argue with it, but ...
Lucina hopes that the silence speaks for her, instead. As for the marbles— ]
I would not be opposed to it... though I'd prefer to keep them as a keepsake.
She exhales, slowly. ] Still. [ Expectations, or otherwise. She can't argue with it, but ...
Lucina hopes that the silence speaks for her, instead. As for the marbles— ]
I would not be opposed to it... though I'd prefer to keep them as a keepsake.
Well, you're older than me, right? Since our parents are jailed, we're trying to make it on our own. No one wants to touch us because we very easily could have been turning a blind eye to it all.
You'd like to have both? [Clearly there's some confusion on her end. Veronica's assumed that they were unique to the two of them, though. Maybe she's wrong? Maybe she can just hand the marble over to someone else.]
It beats having to do a classified ad.
Lucina made me promise to learn a weapon. Incidentally: it was guns. So.
Lucina made me promise to learn a weapon. Incidentally: it was guns. So.
Not yet. I've been renting one at the range to practice. But I only ever got one lesson in with Jason (Todd, not Grace). I have a lot to learn.
I have been working with the minimal knowledge provided.
I have been working with the minimal knowledge provided.
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If not here, we still have the cyberpunk mission ahead of us.
I was hoping to get something with a stun setting. The only time I used a gun before this was crowd control. That is—I shot it into the air to get some testosterone-filled boys to scatter.
I was hoping to get something with a stun setting. The only time I used a gun before this was crowd control. That is—I shot it into the air to get some testosterone-filled boys to scatter.
I'm pretty sure they all thought I was crazy afterward. Which ... given certain other things I did ... it wouldn't be an unfair opinion.
As it is, don't worry about that hurting my fitness here. I am considering a stun setting.
As it is, don't worry about that hurting my fitness here. I am considering a stun setting.
Huh— [ Her eyebrows furrow, the confusion equal on her side. Until she raises her hands up to shoulder-level, palms forward as she gently shakes them. ] Oh, no — I just mean ...
[ She lowers her hands. ] They are a matching pair. I was hoping that they'd be less of a tool, and more of a ... reminder. Of our friendship. [ #gross ]
[ She lowers her hands. ] They are a matching pair. I was hoping that they'd be less of a tool, and more of a ... reminder. Of our friendship. [ #gross ]
I decided to venture out into this experience. Naivety isn't what got me here, so yes—I can.
But it's also why I prefer to have someone to call upon when times get to be too tough for me.
You can think before you act and still realize you've gone too deep.
[All of this is Veronica's way of addressing that she is terribly self-aware about ... herself.]
But it's also why I prefer to have someone to call upon when times get to be too tough for me.
You can think before you act and still realize you've gone too deep.
[All of this is Veronica's way of addressing that she is terribly self-aware about ... herself.]
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