[ ...and this is the first time I've been able to sit down to a keyboard all week, omg. but i have the weekend off, YAY, and the nasty weather should help alleviate some outside chores, so hopefully i'll be able to tag some the next few days! also, feel free to toss in some 'bad guys', 'adventures', whatever idek :> ]
Try as he might, Caine couldn't entirely squealch the twinge of sympathy her admission piqued. He understood the mindset, probably more than most. He knew exactly how it was to simply want to be left alone, and how precious--and rare--achieving such a state actually was. Thus his responding nod wasn't as quite as cool as his previous replies had been.
"...you're welcome." He stepped over and tossed his small duffel on the top bunk. "Don't worry about disturbing me. I don't sleep all that well, either." He never had, really. Minute vibrations in the floor then told him the ship was cycling up and preparing to pull out of the harbor.
"You want to head up and watch the launch? Beats sitting here staring at the walls, anyway." They'd have enough time to do that in the following days.
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Try as he might, Caine couldn't entirely squealch the twinge of sympathy her admission piqued. He understood the mindset, probably more than most. He knew exactly how it was to simply want to be left alone, and how precious--and rare--achieving such a state actually was. Thus his responding nod wasn't as quite as cool as his previous replies had been.
"...you're welcome." He stepped over and tossed his small duffel on the top bunk. "Don't worry about disturbing me. I don't sleep all that well, either." He never had, really. Minute vibrations in the floor then told him the ship was cycling up and preparing to pull out of the harbor.
"You want to head up and watch the launch? Beats sitting here staring at the walls, anyway." They'd have enough time to do that in the following days.