04-26-2018, 07:02 AM
He answered the question as though it was a distraction from the real task; a rote reply, perhaps -- certainly he did not seem to pay any heed as to why she might have asked in the first place. The name Ramanujan she filed away for later. A school was very different to the vision Brandon had described; she might have rolled her eyes at such a sanitary mask, but refrained. She'd been curious as to how Marcus might answer, but did not pursue the topic.
Though his demeanour did not much change, she could tell his thoughts were drawn more to the puzzle of the power. Natalie had no reason to oppose his suggestion, if she noted the eagerness with which he made his proposal. A transaction. He clearly presumed she required incentive. She'd been removed from these kinds of politics a long time.
It gave her pause, though. The rope of commitment.
Natalie was a Northbrook, bound to the CCD by blood. She was also a Grey. Though it was not familial bonds that silenced her. It was the perception of a cage; aligning herself to Brandon's administration before she was really sure she could believe in it.
"That's gracious. I will need time to consider it. But of your research, of course I will help how I can."
Though his demeanour did not much change, she could tell his thoughts were drawn more to the puzzle of the power. Natalie had no reason to oppose his suggestion, if she noted the eagerness with which he made his proposal. A transaction. He clearly presumed she required incentive. She'd been removed from these kinds of politics a long time.
It gave her pause, though. The rope of commitment.
Natalie was a Northbrook, bound to the CCD by blood. She was also a Grey. Though it was not familial bonds that silenced her. It was the perception of a cage; aligning herself to Brandon's administration before she was really sure she could believe in it.
"That's gracious. I will need time to consider it. But of your research, of course I will help how I can."