[He says it, surprisingly, with an edge of sympathy.]
How did you find them? Or did they find you?
Tell me what you remember. The two years.
[It's an exercise, Odessa. He wants to hear the details. He wants to hear how well you retell them, how determined and sure you are of their validity. He wants to know you're not trying into a psychotic like he and so many others do in the wastelands. This may be a new world with new technology, but the threats — the disintegration — it can be very well like the rest. Because you don't seem as sure.
And you're looking at something, and he wonders what. Or, really, who. Who are you looking to for validation?]
no subject
[He says it, surprisingly, with an edge of sympathy.]
How did you find them? Or did they find you?
Tell me what you remember. The two years.
[It's an exercise, Odessa. He wants to hear the details. He wants to hear how well you retell them, how determined and sure you are of their validity. He wants to know you're not trying into a psychotic like he and so many others do in the wastelands. This may be a new world with new technology, but the threats — the disintegration — it can be very well like the rest. Because you don't seem as sure.
And you're looking at something, and he wonders what. Or, really, who. Who are you looking to for validation?]