[ All things considered, she seems to be taking the end of her life as she knew it with grace; if a little smile is the only lapse in 'poise' that she has to worry about, then she's handling everything with grace beyond her years.
But then again, he hadn't exactly woken from the Storm with tears or shouts or railing anguish—and it was still affecting. It's just as huge a relief to see someone from home as it was a year ago. Maybe they're just seeing each other as fragments of home—of a (mostly) ordinary life at a (kind of) normal high school—but everyone can use a little of that when they first wake up. ]
Likewise. But don't let me interrupt.
[ She'd been hard at work helping out the populace, after all. He falls in beside her, peering over the controls himself. ]
...I hope you didn't have too rude an awakening.
[ Things have been chaotic on the surface—as evidenced. ]
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But then again, he hadn't exactly woken from the Storm with tears or shouts or railing anguish—and it was still affecting. It's just as huge a relief to see someone from home as it was a year ago. Maybe they're just seeing each other as fragments of home—of a (mostly) ordinary life at a (kind of) normal high school—but everyone can use a little of that when they first wake up. ]
Likewise. But don't let me interrupt.
[ She'd been hard at work helping out the populace, after all. He falls in beside her, peering over the controls himself. ]
...I hope you didn't have too rude an awakening.
[ Things have been chaotic on the surface—as evidenced. ]