The pause and everything before he gives a name. The Machine sure knows how to pick 'em, and Root is absolutely including herself in that mental comment.
Root drinks the water and eats the granola bar before talking again. It takes a little while, and it hurts to swallow, like all of her organs are protesting that her esophagus is moving even a little. But if she wants to heal as fast as possible then she needs to eat, and Root gets through the sustenance with the blank commitment of someone who thinks of bodies as unfortunate organic annoyances.
"Okay, Damien," she says finally, carelessly leaving her trash on a nearby table. "Earnest Thornhill paid you to save me and bring me here, right? He pay you to do anything else?"
She's assessing her resources, whether or not she can drag him along on what comes next. She's going to need help, that much is clear.
The trash bothers him. Damien eyes it and then lets his gaze drift. It’s hard to focus right now. He supposes wrappers don’t really matter, in the end. Not much does right now.
“No,” he replies in that same empty tone. The money wasn’t the point. He acted because the only other choice was to lie down and die and if you aren’t going to do that, there’s no point in staying motionless. That’s where the enemy traps you.
He watches the woman and doesn’t ask her name. That might not matter, either.
He wonders if Jade is still alive. If any of the others are. What he’d do if he knew the answer.
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Root drinks the water and eats the granola bar before talking again. It takes a little while, and it hurts to swallow, like all of her organs are protesting that her esophagus is moving even a little. But if she wants to heal as fast as possible then she needs to eat, and Root gets through the sustenance with the blank commitment of someone who thinks of bodies as unfortunate organic annoyances.
"Okay, Damien," she says finally, carelessly leaving her trash on a nearby table. "Earnest Thornhill paid you to save me and bring me here, right? He pay you to do anything else?"
She's assessing her resources, whether or not she can drag him along on what comes next. She's going to need help, that much is clear.
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“No,” he replies in that same empty tone. The money wasn’t the point. He acted because the only other choice was to lie down and die and if you aren’t going to do that, there’s no point in staying motionless. That’s where the enemy traps you.
He watches the woman and doesn’t ask her name. That might not matter, either.
He wonders if Jade is still alive. If any of the others are. What he’d do if he knew the answer.