[ She's done her time in the trenches, this barely skims the surface. It also means that she probably could curse a blue streak vivid enough to turn anyone's ears bright red but that's neither here nor there. She isn't here to prove herself to anyone or get the last word in edgewise.
(But yes, sweetheart does make her bristle. She's punched men in the face for less. Water off a duck's back, Agent Carter.)
His last comment does earn a sharp exhale, close to a laugh but not quite. It's genuine enough. ]
Far be it from me to offend your delicate sensibilities. So tell me, Kovacs. [ Her brow quirks. ] How does someone so sensitive, [ to use his own word, ] do enough time in a rebellion that he becomes as jaded as you are now? You were remarkably quick to dismiss the idea of one fighting for, what sounds to me like, a similar cause. Or was helping the poor and unfortunate just a turn of phrase?
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(But yes, sweetheart does make her bristle. She's punched men in the face for less. Water off a duck's back, Agent Carter.)
His last comment does earn a sharp exhale, close to a laugh but not quite. It's genuine enough. ]
Far be it from me to offend your delicate sensibilities. So tell me, Kovacs. [ Her brow quirks. ] How does someone so sensitive, [ to use his own word, ] do enough time in a rebellion that he becomes as jaded as you are now? You were remarkably quick to dismiss the idea of one fighting for, what sounds to me like, a similar cause. Or was helping the poor and unfortunate just a turn of phrase?