Re-l nodded. Trusting people had never been her forte, but Mal was appropriately distant, and obviously very clever. Her mouth crooked up almost unconsciously.
"Indeed. Although in the what they want us for might be the most worrying thing of all."
The sun creaked slowly towards the horizon, like a clock winding down with agonising slowness. It was just beginning to become irritating, high enough to be bright and glaring, but low enough that it was slanting into her eyes. She turned her head slightly, which brought her gaze back to Mal.
"It was like this, and not like this," Re-l said. "Colder. Darker. More people, but in worse condition. Everyone had a sameness that's totally missing here. Most of the people I've met could never have come from the societies we created." She kicked a pebble with her toe, watching it roll away across the sand.
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"Indeed. Although in the what they want us for might be the most worrying thing of all."
The sun creaked slowly towards the horizon, like a clock winding down with agonising slowness. It was just beginning to become irritating, high enough to be bright and glaring, but low enough that it was slanting into her eyes. She turned her head slightly, which brought her gaze back to Mal.
"It was like this, and not like this," Re-l said. "Colder. Darker. More people, but in worse condition. Everyone had a sameness that's totally missing here. Most of the people I've met could never have come from the societies we created." She kicked a pebble with her toe, watching it roll away across the sand.