Just Chyler is fine. [ How long has it been since she's talked to someone who wasn't military? Just had a casual conversation about fruit and the... fact that she's on a colony moon in another universe. Okay, maybe this isn't exactly a normal conversation, either.
Then again, normal is... She's going to give herself a headache if she starts thinking about what normal is any more. Her grip on the apple tightens in brief panic at that train of thought, the places it could lead, and she forces herself instead to focus on what he's saying now.
She puts the apple in her basket, just to have it out of her hand. ] I'm fine.
[ The drill sergeant in her mind snaps Clarify, Cadet! and she straightens up without realizing it. ] I'm handling it. I've moved colonies by myself before. It's not so different.
[ It's completely different. She went from her aunt and uncle on Mamore to Circinius IV and Corbulo, falling into the arms of rigid protocol and training like she was learning how to breathe. Still, she adds a soft-voiced: ] Thank you. It's kind of you to offer.
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Then again, normal is... She's going to give herself a headache if she starts thinking about what normal is any more. Her grip on the apple tightens in brief panic at that train of thought, the places it could lead, and she forces herself instead to focus on what he's saying now.
She puts the apple in her basket, just to have it out of her hand. ] I'm fine.
[ The drill sergeant in her mind snaps Clarify, Cadet! and she straightens up without realizing it. ] I'm handling it. I've moved colonies by myself before. It's not so different.
[ It's completely different. She went from her aunt and uncle on Mamore to Circinius IV and Corbulo, falling into the arms of rigid protocol and training like she was learning how to breathe. Still, she adds a soft-voiced: ] Thank you. It's kind of you to offer.