( there's a tinge of self-deprecating humour there, almost a sigh as she finishes the statement, too, and really, what is she to do in the face of all these unexpected things? leave them unexplained? such will not do, if she is really serious about continuing her work here. in a crucial way, this curiosity is preventitive--of things mades worse by not knowing what might happen. back home, where she understood the rules, she could analyse a situation and deftly determine what would be a good and practical outcome.
here, where she really knows less than a child, she lacks this incisive insight, and it bothers her, it's like being stifled and gagged by indecision.
so, there she is. taking him up on his offer whatever his intentions are. )
Would you be willing to meet me here? Or would you prefer Thesa?
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( there's a tinge of self-deprecating humour there, almost a sigh as she finishes the statement, too, and really, what is she to do in the face of all these unexpected things? leave them unexplained? such will not do, if she is really serious about continuing her work here. in a crucial way, this curiosity is preventitive--of things mades worse by not knowing what might happen. back home, where she understood the rules, she could analyse a situation and deftly determine what would be a good and practical outcome.
here, where she really knows less than a child, she lacks this incisive insight, and it bothers her, it's like being stifled and gagged by indecision.
so, there she is. taking him up on his offer whatever his intentions are. )
Would you be willing to meet me here? Or would you prefer Thesa?