[ here's a fact he doesn't know about her (yet): khlyen trained her to blindly navigate entire building complexes after a few minutes with the blueprints beforehand. she's had to put that into practice even after running away from khlyen because that's just what her life is.
so no, she doesn't know every inch of the wilderness, but she's got a pretty decent mental map of the place. ]
[ wait, really? there had been an assumption that even Dutch wouldn't be able to pluck him out of the middle of this mess he's landed himself in, but he's not about to say no. so, opening up the video feed facing out at his environment, John does a slow pan of the area for her. ]
I've seen this prick about 7 times so far.
[ "this prick" is a tree. he's talking about a tree. ]
No to the cliffs, as far as I can see. I can hear water now you mention it, and I was following the river for about 3 hours from the shore until I went off course, if that's any help.
[ ffffucking hell. he's frustrated to have to take the time out of her day, frustrated to have to stay still when it's sodding hot out here and he's frustrated because walking forwards should by all sensible theories have you walking to a place that isn't the one you just came from
but there's not a lot he can do about it by himself, and she's offering. so, after a sigh that belies all that held aggravation - ]
—Yeah, okay. Not like I'd end up anywhere else anyway. [ he's categorically proved that much. ] I'll be here.
[ and with that, dutch clicks off the feed. she doesn't mind this, really. it's — it's something to do. alvis is awake again and dutch has settled into wyver, for a given value of settling in, but she doesn't have a purpose here. she'd made her peace with dying, on the condition that she wouldn't be forgotten, that she'd move out of the shadows khlyen and aneela had forced her in for all her life.
here, she doesn't have that. so saving lost doctors isn't a bad thing to do, as far as dutch is concerned.
and tracking him down does take time and a lot of her skill, but she manages it. ]
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why?
[ here's a fact he doesn't know about her (yet): khlyen trained her to blindly navigate entire building complexes after a few minutes with the blueprints beforehand. she's had to put that into practice even after running away from khlyen because that's just what her life is.
so no, she doesn't know every inch of the wilderness, but she's got a pretty decent mental map of the place. ]
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I've seen this prick about 7 times so far.
[ "this prick" is a tree. he's talking about a tree. ]
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Any cliffs near you? Or running water?
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but there's not a lot he can do about it by himself, and she's offering. so, after a sigh that belies all that held aggravation - ]
—Yeah, okay. Not like I'd end up anywhere else anyway. [ he's categorically proved that much. ] I'll be here.
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[ and with that, dutch clicks off the feed. she doesn't mind this, really. it's — it's something to do. alvis is awake again and dutch has settled into wyver, for a given value of settling in, but she doesn't have a purpose here. she'd made her peace with dying, on the condition that she wouldn't be forgotten, that she'd move out of the shadows khlyen and aneela had forced her in for all her life.
here, she doesn't have that. so saving lost doctors isn't a bad thing to do, as far as dutch is concerned.
and tracking him down does take time and a lot of her skill, but she manages it. ]
Hey.