A Bird and a Wolf

[Kauket]

For that brief moment of an interlocked gaze, there was no immediate reaction or change of emotion to the flow. A thought did cross her mind, how primitive he augment he was using. There was certainly some latency to it, at least compared to hers. She pondered where he obtained such a thing from.

Despite usually being tormented by quips that implicate her as a robot, she did not mind the comment he dished back. A brow was furrowed, inquisitive. For the most part, she played it with a measure of stoicness, remaining cool, not intending to earn his ire - especially not in an enclosed space. She rolled her jaw idly, continuing on,

"You may never know. You always seem to be caught up in dealing with undesirables. Do you ever get time to yourself without a worry? I see you're analysing too. I too, feel that an individual will inevitably attempt something on me. A part of me wishes to run away, go far away from civilization, back into the seclusion of a study room. I don't like crowds of people. I can never know who is going to make an attempt. I never felt truly at ease...

Humanity has always lacked this essence of unity, willful ignorance... "

She muttered, picking up the glass, very faintly taste testing it with a light sip, holding the glass in handle. A light sigh was released, lightly fiddling the glass with her gloved fingers in a row of taps. There was some mild shame of holding onto paranoia, but it was necessary. The two times they were grounded by missiles, was a harsh reminder at what is at stake with the various on going schemes.

"Let us move to a corner table...


Why did you want to meet anyhow? "

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