[ it's a joke. it's obviously a joke. but alina is too used to being the butt of jokes, too defensive from a lifetime of the sorts of prejudice and bullying that predispose her to never be able to be included in the joke. so she bristles.
she wishes she didn't. as soon as it's out, she regrets it. this is the reason everyone loves mal and everyone wonders what he's doing with a strange and unpleasant girl like her.
she collects her comm from the floor where it clattered, knocked out of her hand by their collision. ]
I'm going out from under the leviathan's wings, taking a trip to the Adamant. I was hoping I could find some other newcomers who'd join. We should take the chance to survey the planet for ourselves when we can.
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[ it's a joke. it's obviously a joke. but alina is too used to being the butt of jokes, too defensive from a lifetime of the sorts of prejudice and bullying that predispose her to never be able to be included in the joke. so she bristles.
she wishes she didn't. as soon as it's out, she regrets it. this is the reason everyone loves mal and everyone wonders what he's doing with a strange and unpleasant girl like her.
she collects her comm from the floor where it clattered, knocked out of her hand by their collision. ]
I'm going out from under the leviathan's wings, taking a trip to the Adamant. I was hoping I could find some other newcomers who'd join. We should take the chance to survey the planet for ourselves when we can.