Shady

"We can make a ste--" She trailed off mid-word, turned partially towards him as her brain remembered that he was a pain in the ass when it came to food. ...

Jerica hesitated a moment. She wanted to believe him. Wanted to pretend that he wanted to be her... friend. Wanted to believe that she deserved friends. But they both knew ...

Jerica offered a small smile as she could see him relax ever so slightly. "And it's also a dick move that you're getting targeted by, well, everyone." She nodded encouragingly, ...

He was reverting to his tense, angry, one-word responses. She bit back a sigh and made a mental note to pick this conversation up later... maybe once she'd gotten some ...

She hadn't been wondering if he'd killed her -- but now her curiosity was even more piqued. "Did you try to kill her?"

"Why would she tell you she cursed you?" She kicked her boots off and pulled her feet up onto the seat so that she could sit cross-legged. She leaned forward ...

Jerica forced herself not to react and sobered as she looked at him. He was clearly very distraught about this. And it wasn't funny... but she was delighted . She ...

Jerica smirked. She really wanted to dig at that, since it was clear he was distraught by the idea, but she decided to be nice...r. "So is she mad that ...

"So, you're a no-one who doesn't matter to your government, but are somehow important enough for them to force you into the military and keep you there, despite the fact ...

"Are you afraid that the rebellion wouldn't be able to protect you?" It wasn't adding up. If he hated the military -- and there was a whole counter-reaction against the ...

Ah, so Earth had juicy lovers' quarrels too. She kept her expression impassive but wanted to smirk at how flustered he was getting about his ex. "But you hate the ...

That one was a little harder to make the analogy with her and Akeno. Akie tended to follow her around like a puppy, no matter how much she tried to ...

Jerica looked at him thoughtfully. It was almost like her an Akeno -- only Akeno was the soldier boy and she was the complicated royalty-not-quite-queen that made things harder. "And ...

“Oh?” Suddenly she was invested in the conversation again. He looked like he hadn’t meant to say that. Which meant she /definitely/ wanted to hear all about. “Tell me about ...

The longer he talked, the more Jerica realized she didn’t actually care. He sounded like a madman listing off all these sectors and towns and regions. “Sure.” She nodded, pretending ...