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[ A woman in what can charitably called a working cat suit is leaning over a desk of some dark, varnished wood that makes her look halfway between a teenage fantasy, and an actual schoolmarm. Her elbow is half-engulfed in flames of one of the faux-heated lamp fixtures set on her desk; a hint she's somewhere out in her apartment in the Fire Sector, and that she's got the rules down pat that she has already worked out "fire bad, but not all the time." ]

The technology here is impressive for the what little resources an organic planetoid should, theoretical, be capable of culling. It's only been a few days and already the convinces of their equipment have mollified me enough that I don't need to worry about feeling cut off from what I'm accustomed to back on Earth, or something more spacefaring.

[ She taps her gloved fingers on some unseen surface. ]

What does raise an eyebrow is their complete disregard for the scientifically curious. They damn near ripped me to pieces when all I did was try to get a DNA sample from this turtle the general populace nothing short of venerates. I'm up to my ears in unanswered questions and barely passable resources, but the best this place has yet to give me in terms of a resolution is some dogmatic bullshit best suited for a church.

Also, hello. [ Standard human greeting: Complete afterthought. ]

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[She could encrypt it more, but that might raise some suspicion at how some random teenager is so good with computers, so she sticks with a reasonable level of privacy.

And gives Steve a smile. Steph is not entirely sure what to do with people coming to her defence, but it's appreciated anyway.] Thanks for the back up, Steve.

It's nothing you need to thank me for. She didn't have any reason to talk to you that way. [And he doesn't like bullies. :T] But I mean - you are welcome.

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[Steph lifts one shoulder in a shrug] You didn't have to go out of your way to reply, so I appreciate the effort.

Don't worry about me too much, though. I'm resilient.

I wasn't worried. [+1 VOTE OF CONFIDENCE.] You'd have to be, to handle everything that's happened so well.

[help how does she respond to people having faith in her???]

Um, thanks? It's not that big of a deal.

[how to go from confident to awkward in .5 seconds]

[That reaction is so familiar it hurts.]

Nonsense. [Quiet and firm.] Maybe it doesn't feel like it, but not backing down when someone tries to push you to it is one of the bravest things you can do.

[It's one thing to get people like Nell saying she's a good Batgirl, but she's not sure what to do with someone who's practically a stranger being so nice.]

I think most people just call that being stubborn.

[no she's not going to just accept a compliment]

Most people are too scared to be stubborn.

I don't really know how to be anything else.

[she sighs, ducks her head.] But thanks, I guess.

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