[Ishu]

November 24th, Chicago; Base.

It wasn't the first time someone had fawned, from afar, over her and it wouldn't be the last. As long as a youth existed there would be fawning and she could see it in the boys' eyes. She said nothing and turned to Elek, not responding to his thanks for a skill she'd been lucky to receive. When the dinner bell rang and he asked her join him, she figured why not and shrugged, "Sure." She needed to eat something anyway.

November 25th, Chicago; Sewer #17.

Big guy? He couldn't help but grin and leaned away from her so as to not be in her bubble. "Please, I prefer the outposts. And the surface. I like the fresh air and it gets kind of muggy down here." The mugginess could have been compared to the beard that would have been on his face had he not shaved every once in a while.

"So, you like classic books?" He moved to her side so she could see him without feeling threatened with him at her back, "I didn't like Jane Eyre very much. It was... bland and mostly descriptive. It's a good book if you have time to waste but it's not entertaining."