( though una had walked past him, taken a few more steps it's his words and the sincere belief that he really wouldn't move unless she talked to him. and she hates it, hates being backed into a corner.
there really is a consideration of just leaving him, of abandoning the briefcase... but una isn't a quitter and after what he'd seen-- telling him contains it better than ignoring it. and she wants this knowledge contained, kept small )
It's my immune system. ( her wonderfully bio-engineered immune system ) I'd picked up a fever, some contaminant being here. It... burned it out.
( literally burned it out. that's why she glowed. and she stops talking after that, a slightly more intense look (focused, really) of her now not backing down. she told him, she's done. can they go now?
strangely, for how she wants it contained, she doesn't ask him to keep it a secret. perhaps trusting that the knowledge will stay with him. even though he doesn't know why it should )
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there really is a consideration of just leaving him, of abandoning the briefcase... but una isn't a quitter and after what he'd seen-- telling him contains it better than ignoring it. and she wants this knowledge contained, kept small )
It's my immune system. ( her wonderfully bio-engineered immune system ) I'd picked up a fever, some contaminant being here. It... burned it out.
( literally burned it out. that's why she glowed. and she stops talking after that, a slightly more intense look (focused, really) of her now not backing down. she told him, she's done. can they go now?
strangely, for how she wants it contained, she doesn't ask him to keep it a secret. perhaps trusting that the knowledge will stay with him. even though he doesn't know why it should )