[Ishu]

November 24th, Chicago; Base.

Eve pointed at the boulder and began to explain, "The force from the boulder was absorbed by my body and multiplied with energy I have absorbed and stored from another time." She put her hands up and clenched them into fists repeatedly. "I just have to know how to fight and let everything come at me. The more you throw my way, the more I will throw back." Therefor, she was the perfect battle maiden for them if things got out of hand.

November 25th, Chicago; Sewer #17.

He'd been watching her during most of her time there, though not really staring or anything intense. It didn't take him long to find her relaxing on her lonesome and came up behind her without any concern for stealth. Amante let his torso lean over her head, his body bent slightly, and he looked down into the book she was reading.

"You know," he started, "no one wears heels down here at the outposts- only in the base. You never know when you have to start running or, you know, step in some sewage." He was trying to be helpful but he was anything but suave at this point.