[ He gives her a jerky nod, close enough to polite, and takes a step back. Establishing distance. Maybe she's not like Felix after all. She didn't go for the throat, not when it really would have hurt. Maybe he hasn't ruined this entirely. If he does everything else exactly right, maybe she won't turn on him at the worst moment. A foolish, hopeful thought. She'll try to kill him eventually, like everyone else has.
Regardless, he'll send her the specs the first chance he gets. This place is too big, too strange, to take on directly. He won't escape it without allies, however tenuous. ]
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[ He gives her a jerky nod, close enough to polite, and takes a step back. Establishing distance. Maybe she's not like Felix after all. She didn't go for the throat, not when it really would have hurt. Maybe he hasn't ruined this entirely. If he does everything else exactly right, maybe she won't turn on him at the worst moment. A foolish, hopeful thought. She'll try to kill him eventually, like everyone else has.
Regardless, he'll send her the specs the first chance he gets. This place is too big, too strange, to take on directly. He won't escape it without allies, however tenuous. ]