"So whatcher tellin' me," Kreska said, "izzat fire's your weakness. Frankenstein-style. Dunno how that dude felt 'bout paydata. Yanno ya gotta tell me if you're a buncha stitched-together dead guys, right? Issa law'r summat."
This was not actually a concern, because she didn't think a dead man would have strong opinions about her ass. Even if he'd only been temporarily dead. But who even knew, where human men were concerned. Maybe even death could not stop them. Unsolicited flirtations from beyond the grave.
"Ya gotta befriend 'em," she said, as if this were the most natural response in the world to the possibility of laser rats. "Make 'em your army or whatevs. Setcher tusks on fire, lead 'em into battle. Against, iunno. Some asshole prolly. Long's it ain't me you do whatever ya want witcher rats. Still get shot eventually, but you'll look a lot more impressive doin' it'n some kinda rat war. I'll send a flower."
Probably not even that, all told. She couldn't recall having ever bothered participating in a funeral. A few ceremonies for a dead man, when she was young, but that had rather soured her on the whole thing.
"Ya got me. I ain't good at bein' faithful." She grinned, smoke escaping between her teeth. "But I know'll be fine," she added, "so don'tcha worry 'bout tryna make me feel better." She was always fine, one way or another. And if things went horribly wrong, she certainly wouldn't be taking the blame. Having a scapegoat present himself was sort of convenient.
"Edible, sure – didn't say good. Maybe throw a potato in there'r somethin', Iunno. There's worse shit t'swallow." Kreska was not a particularly picky eater, as long as it was digestible. That was somewhat more limited than it was for full-blooded Terrans, but she was better off than some. She made a noncommittal noise when he asked why she'd taken the detour, because she didn't feel like explaining the logic. Mostly because there hadn't been any. Rarely was. A creature of impulses and instinct, and trying to think things through was a good way to get a bullet in her brain.
There was dust and rust and probably-not-laser-endowed rats back here, cigarette butts and broken bottles and the various detritus of vagrants wandering through. She took a drag long enough to make her lungs ache, careful on the stairs. If she were any heavier, she might not have risked them at all.
This was not actually a concern, because she didn't think a dead man would have strong opinions about her ass. Even if he'd only been temporarily dead. But who even knew, where human men were concerned. Maybe even death could not stop them. Unsolicited flirtations from beyond the grave.
"Ya gotta befriend 'em," she said, as if this were the most natural response in the world to the possibility of laser rats. "Make 'em your army or whatevs. Setcher tusks on fire, lead 'em into battle. Against, iunno. Some asshole prolly. Long's it ain't me you do whatever ya want witcher rats. Still get shot eventually, but you'll look a lot more impressive doin' it'n some kinda rat war. I'll send a flower."
Probably not even that, all told. She couldn't recall having ever bothered participating in a funeral. A few ceremonies for a dead man, when she was young, but that had rather soured her on the whole thing.
"Ya got me. I ain't good at bein' faithful." She grinned, smoke escaping between her teeth. "But I know'll be fine," she added, "so don'tcha worry 'bout tryna make me feel better." She was always fine, one way or another. And if things went horribly wrong, she certainly wouldn't be taking the blame. Having a scapegoat present himself was sort of convenient.
"Edible, sure – didn't say good. Maybe throw a potato in there'r somethin', Iunno. There's worse shit t'swallow." Kreska was not a particularly picky eater, as long as it was digestible. That was somewhat more limited than it was for full-blooded Terrans, but she was better off than some. She made a noncommittal noise when he asked why she'd taken the detour, because she didn't feel like explaining the logic. Mostly because there hadn't been any. Rarely was. A creature of impulses and instinct, and trying to think things through was a good way to get a bullet in her brain.
There was dust and rust and probably-not-laser-endowed rats back here, cigarette butts and broken bottles and the various detritus of vagrants wandering through. She took a drag long enough to make her lungs ache, careful on the stairs. If she were any heavier, she might not have risked them at all.
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