"You'd think she'd have more sympathy. New York girl in the desert with these insane temperature shifts." Sean shuddered, then looked at Troy. "You were born in this part of the country, or right next door. How do you stand it? It's thirty degrees at night. In March!"
Listening to Troy's description of the character, he nodded. "So...the hot chick who gets buried a the lake." As Nell's laugh floated out from the frame of the television, Sean grinned. But, he was thinking about Troy's power and training. "Now you can do like Nell and stab someone with a knife without ever touching them. As long as G's not afraid you'll end up dead because there's some reason you can't use your power and you can't fire the gun if you have to, you're probably good to ease up worrying about it. God knows I did. Dad wanted me to learn to shoot. I did. Both handguns and rifles for his sake. But, I'm far more likely to fry someone than shoot them."
"I guess I never really thought about it here. I was qualified to carry at home. So, it was just normal here."
"Nell, if you could carry a tune, I'd record you with your head in the television. You're getting some great reverb off that stuff."
Nell's laugh was the only response from that quarter.
"I do, do I?" Arching an eyebrow, he leaned over to steal a real kiss instead of an airborne one. After all, it was only Nell, Alexis, and Tim there. Considering Nell was Troy's roommate, who saw them walking out of his room in the morning, and Alexis was his roommate, who saw him coming home in time to change and shower for PFT, it wasn't like they didn't know. "I guess I'll give you that one since I'm such a nice guy."
Nell pulled her head out of the television and sat cross-legged next to it while she twisted some wire in her hand. "We can raid the command post to steal their beer," she informed them without looking up. "Give me five more minutes and I'll look. But, you know, just because this Cal team is losing, doesn't mean the guys you actually played with are. Your real team is probably celebrating as we speak."