I don't think shooing her out would have been very effective.
[ Mumbled, still just a bit. Perhaps, if Hilda knew her more, she might note the embarrassment that tinges at the end of the metallic beats. The creature had seemed to like her, for the brief moments it laid in her hands and she doesn't get it but there's comfort it - And really, this whole situation is embarrassing. Especially glancing at the photograph again. ]
He could have.
[ He likes to keep a whole arsenol on him at all times - she thinks - why not a photo? But no, she knows it's not Rocket's either as she scrubs metal hand again the back of her neck in irritation. ]
It's not mine. I haven't — [ Pause. Mouth tightening as she decides, ]
I didn't put it here. The other one had it here when she forgot her family. I haven't [ The forcefulness in the statement sure makes it sound like she's saying I won't, ]; I don't have need for it.
[ She doesn't say who the other one is because she doesn't want to give it life - but from the way she shrugs it off it's (hopefully) clear she meants from that alternate timeline. Who she's trying not think about all too often. Maybe this place is making a joke of her, since she's having this scattering of memory problems that means she might forget them. What would she do if she saw Rocket and didn't remember him? She doesn't let herself think about it. ]
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[ Mumbled, still just a bit. Perhaps, if Hilda knew her more, she might note the embarrassment that tinges at the end of the metallic beats. The creature had seemed to like her, for the brief moments it laid in her hands and she doesn't get it but there's comfort it - And really, this whole situation is embarrassing. Especially glancing at the photograph again. ]
He could have.
[ He likes to keep a whole arsenol on him at all times - she thinks - why not a photo? But no, she knows it's not Rocket's either as she scrubs metal hand again the back of her neck in irritation. ]
It's not mine. I haven't — [ Pause. Mouth tightening as she decides, ]
I didn't put it here. The other one had it here when she forgot her family. I haven't [ The forcefulness in the statement sure makes it sound like she's saying I won't, ]; I don't have need for it.
[ She doesn't say who the other one is because she doesn't want to give it life - but from the way she shrugs it off it's (hopefully) clear she meants from that alternate timeline. Who she's trying not think about all too often. Maybe this place is making a joke of her, since she's having this scattering of memory problems that means she might forget them. What would she do if she saw Rocket and didn't remember him? She doesn't let herself think about it. ]
[ With no lack of awkwardness: ]
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