[She's never, ever fucking going to get used to having a heads-up display right there inside her skull. She snorts and activates it, searching for information, and finds a whole wealth of information on the moon colonies.
Ellie's face lights up like a kid at Disney World, the kind of unabashed joy that adults don't usually manage, not with anyone watching. Her eyes flicker back and forth about nothing, blinking rapidly as she remembers how to breathe.]
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[She's never, ever fucking going to get used to having a heads-up display right there inside her skull. She snorts and activates it, searching for information, and finds a whole wealth of information on the moon colonies.
Ellie's face lights up like a kid at Disney World, the kind of unabashed joy that adults don't usually manage, not with anyone watching. Her eyes flicker back and forth about nothing, blinking rapidly as she remembers how to breathe.]
Holy shit.