Oh, please don't call me 'ma'am', it makes me feel old. 'Miss' is fine if you want to be formal.
[She'd been 'Miss Nadine' to all her students, and while technically she may not be a 'Miss' anymore, she still prefers it to the other options. At least until she can formally put 'Doctor' in front of her name.]
And, uh, it was bad. The world pretty much ended, and wasn't doing so great in the aftermath.
[She's never made it any secret she comes from a nearly-dead world. It's not like she's the only one, she can think of three others from three completely separate apocalypses on Earth alone. Nor is it particularly painful for her to talk about. The world hadn't been doing so great even before the plague.
And he'd asked. She likely wouldn't have just volunteered the information - it can upset people - but he'd asked.]
People don't do so well when all the rules of civilization just go away.
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[She'd been 'Miss Nadine' to all her students, and while technically she may not be a 'Miss' anymore, she still prefers it to the other options. At least until she can formally put 'Doctor' in front of her name.]
And, uh, it was bad. The world pretty much ended, and wasn't doing so great in the aftermath.
[She's never made it any secret she comes from a nearly-dead world. It's not like she's the only one, she can think of three others from three completely separate apocalypses on Earth alone. Nor is it particularly painful for her to talk about. The world hadn't been doing so great even before the plague.
And he'd asked. She likely wouldn't have just volunteered the information - it can upset people - but he'd asked.]
People don't do so well when all the rules of civilization just go away.