"Hmm." Ey considered untying the impromptu top to be rid of it entirely, but decided against it. For now. "I could get you something better," ey suggested. "Of course, nothing would also be better. You could wear nothing." This would obviously be an ideal solution for everyone involved, ey thought.
"You're th'only one thinks that's better," Kreska muttered, arms still crossed over her chest.
"Prude," Grilka accused. A tendril tugged lightly at Kreska's shirt, and she batted it away in irritation, nearly hurting herself in the process. She kept forgetting that one of her hands was nonfunctional.
"Battery acid?" Grilka repeated with a glint in eir eye. "Nothing like that, no. I would have held on to that. Especially big. Wouldn't want to lose something like that. Must have gone running, left his little ones behind. Such disloyalty." Ey made a note of the name, Supay. Big, metal, lots of guns. An item of interest, if nothing else, something to look up later as a potential lead. A threat, an opportunity, something to keep track of in case it came up again. Information was always good.
Sascha's abortive escape attempt did not go unnoticed, but Grilka was merely amused by it. If she'd attempted an escape in earnest, ey might have had to put a stop to it, but she'd realized the error on her own. It was hard to miss anything, when the room was so small and eir tail was so large, unconsciously tracking everything in the room through vibration and sound. Though the irritable Jobari was a little distracting.
Kreska was replacing her earpiece, though she doubted there was much point. Fate would have clammed right up, if he had any sense. Still, it was the principle of the thing.
Sascha seemed very easy to frighten – or else, not as good at some at hiding an inevitable fear. It was so terribly rare these days to meet someone so new, someone who did not come to em with purpose, someone not deliberately avoiding em. She was avoiding em, but only in the most general sense, in that she seemed to be avoiding everyone. There was no recognition in her fear, no respect beyond that which fear always brought.
"Sascha Bennett," ey repeated, crisp clicking consonants and elongated vowels. "I like it," ey declared. "A good name. Sascha Bennett, at my service. How friendly you are. I like it. I can think of a way you could service me – oh, yes." Ey hooked a spare talon in the top of her pants to pull her closer, talons at her jaw guiding her to turn around so that she stood almost beside em. An arm draped over her shoulders, covered in bracelets and rings worth almost as much as the station itself, an illusion of friendliness. It made it easier to hold aloft Kreska's tablet so that she could see the screen.
If one did not know better, it would almost look like they were taking a friendly selfie.
"I would know you, if you were one of Kreska's friends – and this one, I would know, too." Ey tapped the screen to indicate whatever person was on the other end of it. "So you know them, I think, Sascha Bennett – this clever little thing hiding from me. I would like to say hello – a friendly hello, you know. Perhaps, if you are friends, they will say hello if you ask." Eir fourth hand, the only one not occupied, toyed idly with her hair; eir eyes and eir smile were still on the little camera ey knew was in the tablet. "Could you ask them for me, Sascha Bennett? That would be a very nice service, I think."
Ey could have just asked Kreska. But the information itself was only half the point. Kreska could do nothing but sit, biting the thumbnail of her good hand and hoping that Grilka would let her go soon. She would have liked to reassure the woman that she would almost certainly be fine, that Grilka was mostly harmless in these situations – but she was on thin ice as it was. Three favors, and dangerously close to Grilka's bad side; the last thing she needed was another cloud of purple smoke for her trouble, in the state she was in.
"You're th'only one thinks that's better," Kreska muttered, arms still crossed over her chest.
"Prude," Grilka accused. A tendril tugged lightly at Kreska's shirt, and she batted it away in irritation, nearly hurting herself in the process. She kept forgetting that one of her hands was nonfunctional.
"Battery acid?" Grilka repeated with a glint in eir eye. "Nothing like that, no. I would have held on to that. Especially big. Wouldn't want to lose something like that. Must have gone running, left his little ones behind. Such disloyalty." Ey made a note of the name, Supay. Big, metal, lots of guns. An item of interest, if nothing else, something to look up later as a potential lead. A threat, an opportunity, something to keep track of in case it came up again. Information was always good.
Sascha's abortive escape attempt did not go unnoticed, but Grilka was merely amused by it. If she'd attempted an escape in earnest, ey might have had to put a stop to it, but she'd realized the error on her own. It was hard to miss anything, when the room was so small and eir tail was so large, unconsciously tracking everything in the room through vibration and sound. Though the irritable Jobari was a little distracting.
Kreska was replacing her earpiece, though she doubted there was much point. Fate would have clammed right up, if he had any sense. Still, it was the principle of the thing.
Sascha seemed very easy to frighten – or else, not as good at some at hiding an inevitable fear. It was so terribly rare these days to meet someone so new, someone who did not come to em with purpose, someone not deliberately avoiding em. She was avoiding em, but only in the most general sense, in that she seemed to be avoiding everyone. There was no recognition in her fear, no respect beyond that which fear always brought.
"Sascha Bennett," ey repeated, crisp clicking consonants and elongated vowels. "I like it," ey declared. "A good name. Sascha Bennett, at my service. How friendly you are. I like it. I can think of a way you could service me – oh, yes." Ey hooked a spare talon in the top of her pants to pull her closer, talons at her jaw guiding her to turn around so that she stood almost beside em. An arm draped over her shoulders, covered in bracelets and rings worth almost as much as the station itself, an illusion of friendliness. It made it easier to hold aloft Kreska's tablet so that she could see the screen.
If one did not know better, it would almost look like they were taking a friendly selfie.
"I would know you, if you were one of Kreska's friends – and this one, I would know, too." Ey tapped the screen to indicate whatever person was on the other end of it. "So you know them, I think, Sascha Bennett – this clever little thing hiding from me. I would like to say hello – a friendly hello, you know. Perhaps, if you are friends, they will say hello if you ask." Eir fourth hand, the only one not occupied, toyed idly with her hair; eir eyes and eir smile were still on the little camera ey knew was in the tablet. "Could you ask them for me, Sascha Bennett? That would be a very nice service, I think."
Ey could have just asked Kreska. But the information itself was only half the point. Kreska could do nothing but sit, biting the thumbnail of her good hand and hoping that Grilka would let her go soon. She would have liked to reassure the woman that she would almost certainly be fine, that Grilka was mostly harmless in these situations – but she was on thin ice as it was. Three favors, and dangerously close to Grilka's bad side; the last thing she needed was another cloud of purple smoke for her trouble, in the state she was in.
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