Shady

Jerica laughed and pushed herself to her feet. She stretched her back and wandered over to where the weapons were still bundled together in the packs and began unpacking them ...

"Heh." She smirked, but it wasn't funny. Maybe it was a little funny that he didn't know what they were walking into, but it wasn't going to be funny once ...

"Mmm..." Jerica poked at the fire and threw on some more branches, trying to think of how to answer him. You, of course, know far more about how traveling in ...

Jerica chewed as she watched his meltdown and then threw another cube of meat into her mouth as he kept ranting. It seemed like the wrong time to tell him ...

"How the hell are you a soldier if you're this sensitive?" It slipped out of her before her mind had a chance to filter it. But godsdamn it, vegetarians were ...

Jerica frowned at him. He was such a drama queen sometimes. "Of course," she said, shrugging and throwing another cube into her mouth. "It's food... this could be goat, though. ...

"It's, probably, like..." She swallowed the mouthful of meat she was chewing on, realizing she couldn't quite discern the taste. She smirked a bit. "Deer... but, you know, a vegetarian ...

"How about..." Jerica grabbed two ears of the corn, husk and all, and pitched them into the burbling creek several meters away. They splashed loudly but got stuck on some ...

"Pull up on the reins." Jerica slipped off Evan while he was still walking and grabbed Mellie's bridle to help Elias get her to stop. She showed Elias how to ...

"I guess I used the wrong word," Jerica said. "We don't really take energy from the universe, we just use it. Energy never actually leaves, you know? But everything vibrates, ...

Jerica was pleasantly surprised. Mr.-I-Only-Give-One-Word-Answers was now suddenly rambling so freely. And giving so much information. She liked the science on Earth, it seemed like they understood it

"Yes!" she said, a little too enthusiastic. "Tell me all about your Earth-science."

That was intriguing. Jerica made a mental note to circle back to what his situation was... eventually. She was sure they weren't even remotely similar -- but maybe he was ...

"It's complicated." She was trying not to withdraw -- she actually had a chance for some conversation with someone who didn't know who she was. And who knew how long ...

Jerica sucked in a deep breath. She hadn't thought he'd be able to find much more loaded questions than he'd already asked -- and yet, here they were. With an ...