fighting the good fight with eggs and milk! (i_eggstir) wrote in we_coexist,
Oswin tensed at the mention of River. Hearing that someone's brain was cut open brought back-- mostly an uncomfortable rise in blood pressure that Oswin couldn't completely explain away.
"Well, except for the death and the torture it sounds almost nice," Oswin smiled wryly. She picked up a burned out piece of twisted metal that looked a bit like a can opener and inspected it. There were some parts that were going to need to be replaced. Stark Tower might have something, she thought.
"I took the first job that would get me off planet. Now that I think about it, I probably should have been a bit more particular."