[ He's right to assume the reassurance will help her. Kara is lost, and she hates that. To know she can depend on someone right now keeps her stress levels from getting too high, so she's able to keep pace and make it outside and not bolt away from Connor now that there aren't gel cubes chasing her.
Against the odds, they've made a little progress.
When he doesn't immediately make to restrain her, she calms down a little more, finally feeling safe enough to approach him, if slowly. There's a good two meters between them when she stops, blinking in the drizzle, peripherally aware that this feels nice and is good weather for a nice garden. She'd wanted to start one with Alice in the spring.
And then it comes to her, the memory of where she'd just been, before waking up in the arena. She remembers standing in line, refusing to sacrifice anyone, standing tall for the scan, begging quietly for freedom. She remembers the demonstration on TV and the border officer's compassion. She remembers further back -- Jericho, Rose, Zlatko, Ralph. Connor chasing her and Alice. Todd's dead weight. ]
You're really deviant.
[ It's half question, half statement. She's still hesitant, but she wants to trust him, suddenly. He acted like a kid, and programming or not, she likes kids. She doesn't think anything could ever change that. ]
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Against the odds, they've made a little progress.
When he doesn't immediately make to restrain her, she calms down a little more, finally feeling safe enough to approach him, if slowly. There's a good two meters between them when she stops, blinking in the drizzle, peripherally aware that this feels nice and is good weather for a nice garden. She'd wanted to start one with Alice in the spring.
And then it comes to her, the memory of where she'd just been, before waking up in the arena. She remembers standing in line, refusing to sacrifice anyone, standing tall for the scan, begging quietly for freedom. She remembers the demonstration on TV and the border officer's compassion. She remembers further back -- Jericho, Rose, Zlatko, Ralph. Connor chasing her and Alice. Todd's dead weight. ]
You're really deviant.
[ It's half question, half statement. She's still hesitant, but she wants to trust him, suddenly. He acted like a kid, and programming or not, she likes kids. She doesn't think anything could ever change that. ]