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[socrowdedinhere]

 

Ziomi: *she's easily drawn to her feet and into the hug, hugging back. The kiss has tears slipping down her cheeks. She'll reach both hands up to... to really explore his face again, just taking it in one more time before he leaves.* I'll still worry... brother. Come home safely.

Connor: *confident in his abilities, concerned he /could/ be deactivated if only because everyone else is, but not afraid, just determined to do what must be done* I will be as careful and efficient as I can, sister. I will do everything I can to return to you in one piece.

Ziomi: *hearing him call her sister makes her smile grow... and more tears fall. She finally huffs something she isn't sure is a laugh or a sob.* G-go. *before she changes her mind, loses her nerve, and orders him to stay.*

Connor: Yes, Ziomi. *a last, quick hug, then will turn to leave*

*It won’t be until Connor needs to stop for some Thirium when he’ll find he’s got something unneeded and yet... precious in his pack. Sitting on top the Thirium bottles, but under the blankets (so he didn’t see it when he added the medical pack to the travel backpack earlier) he’ll find a carved bust the size of his palm. It’s... him. It’s very clearly him, with a smile on his face, and a smiling Ziomi with a hand on his cheek, face turned up to him. The figure only goes down to just below the shoulders and sits on a flat wood base. The top of the base has a mark on it that Connor has come to recognize as basically Ziomi’s signature on any pieces she makes.*

Sirrah: She named piece “Brother,” and wanted you to have it. She was going to give it to you this evening but after deciding to let you go she was afraid she would lose the nerve to allow it if she gave it to you in person. She wished for you to have it with you, as a constant reminder to be careful so you can come home to her when you’ve completed your mission.

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[socrowdedinhere]

Woman: *very slight shake of her head.*

[cyberlifeslastchance]

Connor: Back inside, then. *will ease her with him into the room, toeing the door closed behind them, and will finally release the young woman* I'm not going to hurt you. I just need information. *all she'll see is someone dressed deep dark browns and blues (straight black makes for a suspiciously /too/ dark shape in the shadows)*

[socrowdedinhere]

Woman: *turna to face him once released, eyes going a bit wider.* P-please. He... master will hurt me if I don’t bring his tea. *voice weak. But... it likey says something that she’s more frightened of taking too long to bring her master tea than she is of this very tall, masked intruder...*

would help if I actually posted...

[cyberlifeslastchance]

Connor: *that it does* Can you be trusted not to say anything to him about me?

[socrowdedinhere]

Woman: *starts to nod, but hesitates.* ...Why are you here?

[cyberlifeslastchance]

Connor: Information. I mean no harm to anyone in the household below DuPrae. *DuPrae himself, however – definitely not counted*

[socrowdedinhere]

Woman: *glances at the door, glances at the tray, looks back up at Connor.* I won’t tell him about you. *truth. She doesn’t want to speak out of place, and if this man is here to... maybe hurt master...*

[cyberlifeslastchance]

Connor: *studies her – all she can see of him are his rich, brown eyes. He finally nods* Deliver your tray. *he'll watch where she goes and that'll tell him where Brogan is…though he wonders what the hell the man's still doing up??*

[socrowdedinhere]

Woman: *nods, takes a deep breath to compose herself, and will head back out. She’ll enter a room three doors down. Connor can come close enough to listen, if she says anything she whispers it, and quickly, since she sets the tray down and silently backs out of the room in a bow, carefully closing the door again.*

[cyberlifeslastchance]

Connor: *followed to listen, backs up as she comes back out – withdraws with her down the hall a bit* What room is that?

[socrowdedinhere]

Woman: *glances at the door.* Master’s study. His bedroom is the door across from it. *if he doesn’t go back into the room he first met her coming out of, she’ll try to head them in there.*

[cyberlifeslastchance]

Connor: *was going to let her go, but if she seems to want to talk more, he'll follow*