Re: jack's room, x-mansion
[She didn't notice when he lost some of that rigidity. It was too subtle for someone who wasn't good at interpersonal things. She was good at details, and tracking people, but not at this. In the dark, sitting there with him, she was too worried to notice something nuanced. On a job, she would have caught it, but she was great at compartmentalizing on the job. This wasn't a job.
She associated him with flowery phrases and things from books she'd never had the time to read. She didn't associate him with bluntness; that was her arena. So his question, so direct, painted her features with surprise.] Did I look that different? [It was an honest question. She hadn't looked in the mirror, because she hadn't wanted to look in the mirror. It was only after that she'd realized things had changed. She finally looked like she was related to Ella. There was some strange justice in that.
His quasi-echo about having sex made her chuckle again.] That depends on what you can do, Corvus. I can't control anything. If it's something dangerous, I don't think you want me absorbing it during sex. [She smiled an unhappy smile in the dark.] It could be worse. I kill non-mutants when I touch them.
[She didn't want his question about the others, and she didn't want his question about the facility.] I need to check with Dailey. She ran the op. [Pause.] Do you know anything about whoever did this?