[ she anticipates more tension than maine actually seems to have and while that's note-worthy, it doesn't warrant a question or concern. a year and a half can make a lot of impact on somebody. she's changed more than a little, too. ]

Drake knew us both from somewhere else before here.

[ but if he doesn't know drake, it doesn't really matter. that answer could have made things a little more convenient to explain or ask about, maybe. she's just got a loose baseline for hadriel and people related to project freelancer there.

carolina glances away then, checks the progress of the passing stranger. almost out of earshot. but she doesn't move just yet. instantly sore neck or not, she's missed maine. ]

It doesn't matter, you're here now. Have you got the new implant and the touch empathy and all that sorted out already?