Serving for Two

[Ramke]

Ambre was thoroughly enjoying the meal as she listened, but she noticed Keller has caught up with her actual state. This, in turn, made her even more self-conscious, especially after seeing what she interpreted as his disapproving stare, which further agitated her shaking. She wanted to leave a good impression, as if to not make the man regret his choice of freeing her to become one of his pilots. Yet, the recent experience was just too overpowering for her and that entire ordeal seems to have shown shown him the opposite.

"I'm sorry." she said as she put her cutlery down. Might as well come clean, she thought as she hung her head low. "I thought I was better than this."

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