fighting the good fight with eggs and milk! (i_eggstir) wrote in we_coexist,
"Nope. No pockets, just the belt." Oswin looked down at herself. The tool belt wasn't there, but then that had been something the girl genius had added after being stranded. There was just the belt that went with the dress now, only this belt had a sort of thin traveller's wallet attached to it.
"This is new, though."
Oswin missed the social cues Leto kept sending her. She could feel her heartbeat and her fingers were shaking so badly, it took a couple attempts to loosen the thin wallet. She might have heard in passing that The City provided for its residents, but because she hadn't needed food or shelter before, it wasn't something she was expecting for herself.
"City issued ID -- terrible picture. Do you have one of these? I'll show you mine if you show me yours," she smiled. It didn't matter if he got the joke or not. "There's even an address...."
Oswin's voice trailed off as she went through the pockets. She noticed money, both in notes, change and plastic which she would undoubtedly need and found the house key a few moments later.
"Come on, let's check it out," Oswin said and grabbed Leto's hand before he could protest. Perhaps she was too forward with the former emperor, but Leto hadn't complained so far. She would pull him right out of his front door if he let her.
While Oswin would never admit it, she was too nervous to go by herself.