"You have a knack for reading people," she says with a wry grin.
"I'm not hurt. Not injured," she clarifies at the look on his face. "This is, hell I don't remember what the medical folks at home called it."
She swallows. "I was...injured about 4 months ago." No, she's not keen on trying to explain spending a month as a human lab rat right now. "If I was anything but what I am I would have died of it like the other poor bastards, but I didn't."
"These pain spells are the legacy of that. God damn it, I hadn't had one in more than a month, thought I might be done with them at last."
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"I'm not hurt. Not injured," she clarifies at the look on his face. "This is, hell I don't remember what the medical folks at home called it."
She swallows. "I was...injured about 4 months ago." No, she's not keen on trying to explain spending a month as a human lab rat right now. "If I was anything but what I am I would have died of it like the other poor bastards, but I didn't."
"These pain spells are the legacy of that. God damn it, I hadn't had one in more than a month, thought I might be done with them at last."