[ It makes sense and she happens to agree that they need to come to terms with what's been done to them. But she's barely been aware for 24 hours so that decision isn't hers to claim yet. She needs to sleep on all of this, on the answers she's already received, this new narrative she's forced to swallow. Victims, prisoners, experiments. None of it sits well with her.
She surveys the modest kitchen and says nothing for a stretch of time, feeling a sort of hollow despair settle in the pit of her stomach. It's hard to mirror Connor's enthusiasm and earnestness now, as much as she can appreciate that he's willing to cooperate with everyone for the sake of the big picture. Maybe tomorrow.
Right now, of all things, it's the foreignness of something as basic as a kitchen that's bringing her down. ]
Teamwork will come with time and trust, [ she says eventually. Maybe it's an empty reassurance. (It won't be in a few days.) ] But you can't rush people in how they process... all of this. It's β [ It's so much. She presses her lips into a line, then changes tack. ] So about that tea?
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She surveys the modest kitchen and says nothing for a stretch of time, feeling a sort of hollow despair settle in the pit of her stomach. It's hard to mirror Connor's enthusiasm and earnestness now, as much as she can appreciate that he's willing to cooperate with everyone for the sake of the big picture. Maybe tomorrow.
Right now, of all things, it's the foreignness of something as basic as a kitchen that's bringing her down. ]
Teamwork will come with time and trust, [ she says eventually. Maybe it's an empty reassurance. (It won't be in a few days.) ] But you can't rush people in how they process... all of this. It's β [ It's so much. She presses her lips into a line, then changes tack. ] So about that tea?