Emma looked a bit surprised. Then a bit confused. Then it faded into tired, tired comprehension.
Now how to say this like a lay woman would say it...
"I think you're, uh, misinterpreting the reason it was hard for me to get a job here, Agent Bell. I wasn't flashing my ears because that's how elves flirt. I was attempting to be polite in pointing out the racial bias I had to navigate to find myself with a well-paying job in a notoriously human organization." She ran a finger along her glamoured ear, almost absent-mindedly. "That's the sort of thing I'm used to, or at least have become used to. I suppose you could call it a form of scrutiny? Racial scrutiny? I never thought of it that way, myself. But the whole, being suspected of a major crime thing... That's more your area of expertise than mine, for better or worse."
She sighed, leaning against the back of her chair. "It's flattering you think I'm skilled, considering you're a professional... or were, I suppose, since I'm sure now you live a life free of any criminal wrongdoings whatsoever. But I think being an expert would be doing what you did. Stealing something that mattered, from their no doubt extremely well-encrypted servers. I got in, yes, and then proceeded to take a single file that a secretary left on her desk." She rolled her eyes. "As much as I enjoy the compliment, not quite on the same level, yes?"
She paused as the waitress approached the table. Not because she needed to, since she'd been speaking to him directly--no need to risk eavesdroppers when you had a cooperative partner who wouldn't be a dick about it. But it just seemed more polite. Plus, they were his tomatoes.
The waitress set them down on the table, and Emma paused long enough to thank her. They did smell good. She'd never had tomatoes served quite this way... humans really would deep fry anything!
"You're asking for information without offering anything to trade, Agent Bell," she protested after the waitress had left. "I'm curious about what you were there for, too. That is what you want to know, right? Of course I think I left no trace, or at least I did, until this whole fiasco. I wouldn't have tried it if I thought I'd fuck it up immediately." She took a careful nibble out of one of the fried tomatoes, having waited to watch him have one. To make sure she was doing it right, for one, and also maybe that would be a bit less rude. She was still swiping food, though. "And obviously I'm not telling you where--or who--I got my information from. So, am I wrong? Or do you really want to know why I was in there?"
The tomato was good. The sauce was even better. She finished it with a bit more enjoyment then she perhaps should have, then leaned forward, resting her cheek on the back of her hand, elbow on the table. Head tilted, considering him curiously. "That's what I want to know, anyway. The why... and I guess the what, but that seems like the kind of knowledge that might be a bit more trouble than it's worth." No such thing.
Now how to say this like a lay woman would say it...
"I think you're, uh, misinterpreting the reason it was hard for me to get a job here, Agent Bell. I wasn't flashing my ears because that's how elves flirt. I was attempting to be polite in pointing out the racial bias I had to navigate to find myself with a well-paying job in a notoriously human organization." She ran a finger along her glamoured ear, almost absent-mindedly. "That's the sort of thing I'm used to, or at least have become used to. I suppose you could call it a form of scrutiny? Racial scrutiny? I never thought of it that way, myself. But the whole, being suspected of a major crime thing... That's more your area of expertise than mine, for better or worse."
She sighed, leaning against the back of her chair. "It's flattering you think I'm skilled, considering you're a professional... or were, I suppose, since I'm sure now you live a life free of any criminal wrongdoings whatsoever. But I think being an expert would be doing what you did. Stealing something that mattered, from their no doubt extremely well-encrypted servers. I got in, yes, and then proceeded to take a single file that a secretary left on her desk." She rolled her eyes. "As much as I enjoy the compliment, not quite on the same level, yes?"
She paused as the waitress approached the table. Not because she needed to, since she'd been speaking to him directly--no need to risk eavesdroppers when you had a cooperative partner who wouldn't be a dick about it. But it just seemed more polite. Plus, they were his tomatoes.
The waitress set them down on the table, and Emma paused long enough to thank her. They did smell good. She'd never had tomatoes served quite this way... humans really would deep fry anything!
"You're asking for information without offering anything to trade, Agent Bell," she protested after the waitress had left. "I'm curious about what you were there for, too. That is what you want to know, right? Of course I think I left no trace, or at least I did, until this whole fiasco. I wouldn't have tried it if I thought I'd fuck it up immediately." She took a careful nibble out of one of the fried tomatoes, having waited to watch him have one. To make sure she was doing it right, for one, and also maybe that would be a bit less rude. She was still swiping food, though. "And obviously I'm not telling you where--or who--I got my information from. So, am I wrong? Or do you really want to know why I was in there?"
The tomato was good. The sauce was even better. She finished it with a bit more enjoyment then she perhaps should have, then leaned forward, resting her cheek on the back of her hand, elbow on the table. Head tilted, considering him curiously. "That's what I want to know, anyway. The why... and I guess the what, but that seems like the kind of knowledge that might be a bit more trouble than it's worth." No such thing.
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