Nova pulled her collar up as Caisy departed — and as Rahullu, Veir, and the abrasive stranger began flexing their muscles in a series of verbal strikes and parries.
She let her head sink into her shoulders a bit, embarrassed by her earlier, potentially dangerous gaffe. "See that, Tibbs. Leading a life of service to the people. Wasn't that why you signed up to start with? All's well that ends well. No need to slit your own throat — not when there'll be volunteers lining up around the cellblock any second now, just to help you out. Volunteers we'll fight off, of course. But whoever comes to get you — sorry, tries to get to you — may also get us some answers."
Nova cleared her throat, "Rog, you want to see what Purple knows and doesn't know? I'm going to see what Red's up to."
Before leaving however, she put her hand on Jendu's shoulder, and said softly, "I'm sorry. I won't you let you down again."
With that, Nova stuffed both hands into her jumpsuit pockets and strode off, trying as nonchalantly as she could to follow Caisy back to their cell, while keeping enough of a distance (if possible) to see if her roommate behaved any differently when apparently unobserved....
With that, Nova stuffed both hands into her jumpsuit pockets and strode off, trying as nonchalantly as she could to follow Caisy back to their cell, while keeping enough of a distance (if possible) to see if her roommate behaved any differently when apparently unobserved....
