[ at first, zero thinks that the woman is deliberately ignoring her for the sake of her phone. which is... fair? kind of rude? but it's not like zero is capable of taking any of this shit personally; she is the one who is provoking conversation.

and then she sees that the screen is being passed on to her. it takes her only a moment to realize that the woman is mute. ]

Another broken person, huh... [ simply referring to the fact that almost everyone she's spoken to has some sort of defect. previously, she had been talking to a blind woman, after all... and then vampire, an android. and herself, naturally, as the worst of them all. the natha does have a sense of humor. ] They have the tendency to target everyone, and ... yeah, you're "inconspicuous," all right.

Were you always mute? [ zerotact, as one might expect. ]