[ She's a hard one to read. Careful with her words and probably with her gestures, but also from a place so alien to his own experience that the cues he knows to pick up on might not even apply. Sharkface hasn't been around anyone but soldiers for over a decade. This is unfamiliar territory in more ways than one, and the pitfalls haven't yet been revealed. But they exist, he's certain. He'll have to take care where he steps. ]
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[ She's a hard one to read. Careful with her words and probably with her gestures, but also from a place so alien to his own experience that the cues he knows to pick up on might not even apply. Sharkface hasn't been around anyone but soldiers for over a decade. This is unfamiliar territory in more ways than one, and the pitfalls haven't yet been revealed. But they exist, he's certain. He'll have to take care where he steps. ]
And this is where we find ourselves.