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[ his words catch her off-guard and she pauses momentarily in her wrapping, his small concern as much as she would have given to someone she had grown fond of. the idea that he had grown fond of her at all wasn't entirely strange, more that she had already come to accept his presence near her. she isn't entirely sure how to feel about that. her time here has been short so far, yet she's been uprooted twice in less than a week, and because of that, she's gravitating towards people she understands. rebekah, whom she had come to consider slightly more than a simple acquaintance; nikola, whom she'd known the longest and who had finally pulled a secret or two out of her; and now jean-luc picard, in whom she could sense a kindred spirit.
realizing she'd stopped working on her re-bandaging efforts to give the good captain a curious and slightly confused look, she quickly ducks her head back to what she's doing. she's becoming attached. how odd. how frightening. ]
We only lost one of the hostages. It could have been quite a bit worse. [ and yet, the quiet way she says that belies her guilt for not having been able to save that man who had been shot. he'd come from canada, or at least that was where he'd lived. and then they'd shot him and helen had realized just what kind of people they were facing.
a muscle in her jaw tenses at the memory as she secures the second bandage and moves to replace everything where it needs to go. ]
A common theme I've heard so far. [ and another reason she'd wanted to get the clinic up and running. no use having the injured walking around as she was.
oddly enough, she's carefully not looking at him as she moves about. the realization that she's becoming attached to people here is causing her to want to wall herself away, isolate herself. it hasn't been very long at all since she rejoined her timeline and she isn't sure how she feels about everything or how comfortable she is with getting to know people again. a part of her is still reeling from those fresh losses, the double ones hitting her hardest. she knows she could be taken from here at any minute or someone else might be removed and if either thing happened, it would be one more mark on her long list of important people she outlived. ]