( Not that her younger self wouldn't have found some justice (if no joy) in that happening, if it had. Her current self is not so sanguine with the death of those people she cares about, or even just that she knows. She's tired of it.
After this next sip, she's down to the bottom of her bottle. It went faster than she expected. )
You always were more sensitive to what people said.
( Not censure in her voice. Acknowledgement, yes. Her decision to isolate had lent to a different sort of talking behind her back and to her face, but that was easier to swallow than a stranger's immediate hostility, she supposed. )
For the record, you would have hated the Military Police.
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( Not that her younger self wouldn't have found some justice (if no joy) in that happening, if it had. Her current self is not so sanguine with the death of those people she cares about, or even just that she knows. She's tired of it.
After this next sip, she's down to the bottom of her bottle. It went faster than she expected. )
You always were more sensitive to what people said.
( Not censure in her voice. Acknowledgement, yes. Her decision to isolate had lent to a different sort of talking behind her back and to her face, but that was easier to swallow than a stranger's immediate hostility, she supposed. )
For the record, you would have hated the Military Police.