11-21-2014, 06:06 PM
Michael? Apologizing? Her normally drawn brows lifted in surprise, but she quickly smoothed the bewilderment away. In its place skirted annoyance. What was required that he felt the need to show off in front of her? But irritation was easier to hide. She'd been doing that her entire life. Her mother would have been proud.
As for Michael, she received his explanation clean as any briefing, but inwardly her mind raced. Unknowingly, he'd reminded Torri that the Ascendancy was just like him, or worse in that he was the one initiating these orders.
She couldn't imagine herself working alongside him everyday, but her own impression didn't matter. Michael may be posing the orders in the form of a request, but Torri knew better.
"I did little to ease their suffering, and if you, and the Ascendancy of course, can, then I will help."
Although nobody sane could foresee this kind of conversation, her answer sounded scripted. She didn't care. "But what you do is beyond what I can study. I wouldn't even know where to begin."
She didn't expect him to know either, but the task was too daunting to take on without a little cynicism.
As for Michael, she received his explanation clean as any briefing, but inwardly her mind raced. Unknowingly, he'd reminded Torri that the Ascendancy was just like him, or worse in that he was the one initiating these orders.
She couldn't imagine herself working alongside him everyday, but her own impression didn't matter. Michael may be posing the orders in the form of a request, but Torri knew better.
"I did little to ease their suffering, and if you, and the Ascendancy of course, can, then I will help."
Although nobody sane could foresee this kind of conversation, her answer sounded scripted. She didn't care. "But what you do is beyond what I can study. I wouldn't even know where to begin."
She didn't expect him to know either, but the task was too daunting to take on without a little cynicism.