[ How slight and how strong she is. He thinks nothing of how tired she is, how worn. Most people would be, who haven't seen combat, and she obviously hasn't. That's not a mark against her. Her demeanor, her bearing, everything speaks to the strength of her character, and he's quietly impressed by her quiet solidity.
When she sits, he follows a moment later, sitting cross-legged opposite her, his sword held across his lap. The rasp in her voice concerns him, too. Maybe they can find a source of water, somewhere in the jungle, though who knows for sure if it would be safe. Still, it might be something...
In studying him, she might find him hard to read. He's not very expressive, which isn't to say he's severe. If it's possible to be gently impassive, that's what he is most of the time. His eyes are thoughtful and always watching, but his expression gives little away except when he explicitly chooses to. He doesn't seem to choose to now. Yu studies her in turn, mostly for the small tells she's giving of her physical burnout, thinking ahead to how they can proceed best without tiring her out further, as he prepares to answer her. ]
Don't pay him much attention. All of this... [ Yu gestures broadly, indicating the jungle and the direction they came from, the ballroom where they started ] ... is ViViD, a virtual reality game. The real place we're in is a colony called Cerealia, on a planet named Tellus. The real objective is to get to the end of this level, so you can log out and actually enter the colony.
[ Depending on where - and when - she's from, none of that may make sense to her, so he waits, seeing if that explanation just gave rise to about a thousand more questions or not. ]
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When she sits, he follows a moment later, sitting cross-legged opposite her, his sword held across his lap. The rasp in her voice concerns him, too. Maybe they can find a source of water, somewhere in the jungle, though who knows for sure if it would be safe. Still, it might be something...
In studying him, she might find him hard to read. He's not very expressive, which isn't to say he's severe. If it's possible to be gently impassive, that's what he is most of the time. His eyes are thoughtful and always watching, but his expression gives little away except when he explicitly chooses to. He doesn't seem to choose to now. Yu studies her in turn, mostly for the small tells she's giving of her physical burnout, thinking ahead to how they can proceed best without tiring her out further, as he prepares to answer her. ]
Don't pay him much attention. All of this... [ Yu gestures broadly, indicating the jungle and the direction they came from, the ballroom where they started ] ... is ViViD, a virtual reality game. The real place we're in is a colony called Cerealia, on a planet named Tellus. The real objective is to get to the end of this level, so you can log out and actually enter the colony.
[ Depending on where - and when - she's from, none of that may make sense to her, so he waits, seeing if that explanation just gave rise to about a thousand more questions or not. ]