[ She's scouting for new arrivals which is a little more difficult this time around since they aren't dressed in the white scrubs her own group arrived in. Better for blending in overall; a disaster for people like her trying to extricate the newly displaced from sticky situations.
Luckily β or unluckily β the situations are easy to spot from a distance and Peggy slides in smoothly alongside Poe, and says: ]
What have I told you about your manners, Nick? [ she tuts, slinging an arm around his shoulder and catching the eye of the food vendor, smile dazzling and conversation easy. ] I'm terribly sorry. He just forgets himself when he's hungry! Better nip that in the bud, eh? Two orders of potato dumplings, please. Throw in a sausage, too, why not?
[ All of which she pays for with her neural implant, you're welcome, Poe. And once they're served, pointedly: ]
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Luckily β or unluckily β the situations are easy to spot from a distance and Peggy slides in smoothly alongside Poe, and says: ]
What have I told you about your manners, Nick? [ she tuts, slinging an arm around his shoulder and catching the eye of the food vendor, smile dazzling and conversation easy. ] I'm terribly sorry. He just forgets himself when he's hungry! Better nip that in the bud, eh? Two orders of potato dumplings, please. Throw in a sausage, too, why not?
[ All of which she pays for with her neural implant, you're welcome, Poe. And once they're served, pointedly: ]
Come along.