I didn't mean to criticise. [About her presentation. Ari is quietly critical, not because she has never been in such a state of despair that even taking a shower felt impossible; her breakdown after she accepted that the Nothing was real saw to that - but because such pain and vulnerability ought to be hidden, kept private. She doesn't know what to do with it.
So she contents herself with small talk, with pointing out objects in the room and talking about the Tradelines. Insensitive of her to ramble about home when Ava is distressed? Maybe, but it's for a purpose. Eventually the mugs are empty and Ari takes Ava to the hygiene facilities. A slim door slides open. On the left, another closed door. On the right, a small space with a showerhead above, a sloped floor, and a filtration unit on the wall.
It would save a lot of water, to be sure, but it's not exactly exciting, not worth Ari's focus. It's even stranger, perhaps, when she lets the outer door close behind them, even though it means she has to step forward, right under the inactive shower.]
When we leave this room, Agent Starr, you've got to pretend to be real interested in how spacer toilets function. [And even that will only give them limited time if they want to avoid interruption.]
No surveillance here. I deactivate it and give them a lecture on bodily privacy every time they try to repair it. I'm going to have to be... efficient with our time right now, but I can see you're not holding up well. Again, no criticism. Just tell me straight if I can do anything to help.
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I didn't mean to criticise. [About her presentation. Ari is quietly critical, not because she has never been in such a state of despair that even taking a shower felt impossible; her breakdown after she accepted that the Nothing was real saw to that - but because such pain and vulnerability ought to be hidden, kept private. She doesn't know what to do with it.
So she contents herself with small talk, with pointing out objects in the room and talking about the Tradelines. Insensitive of her to ramble about home when Ava is distressed? Maybe, but it's for a purpose. Eventually the mugs are empty and Ari takes Ava to the hygiene facilities. A slim door slides open. On the left, another closed door. On the right, a small space with a showerhead above, a sloped floor, and a filtration unit on the wall.
It would save a lot of water, to be sure, but it's not exactly exciting, not worth Ari's focus. It's even stranger, perhaps, when she lets the outer door close behind them, even though it means she has to step forward, right under the inactive shower.]
When we leave this room, Agent Starr, you've got to pretend to be real interested in how spacer toilets function. [And even that will only give them limited time if they want to avoid interruption.]
No surveillance here. I deactivate it and give them a lecture on bodily privacy every time they try to repair it. I'm going to have to be... efficient with our time right now, but I can see you're not holding up well. Again, no criticism. Just tell me straight if I can do anything to help.