[ His accusation draws her up short, and something in her flares with an instinct to defend herself. Maybe she should point out some of the stupid things he'd done on the mission too — but he's already keenly aware of his shortcomings in diplomacy, and they're less than her shortcomings in politics, so. She doesn't really see any benefit down that path. At least no benefit that isn't tinged with hypocrisy. ]
I'm pointing out that you weren't entirely useless. [ She huffs it out. Honestly how dare? It's not like she doesn't think he's capable; if she didn't, this entire conversation wouldn't be a Thing. But apparently one of the rules she didn't know about is that she isn't supposed to say so. Directly, at least. Which is stupid. But stars, his ego apparently is doing just fine for itself, so she backs right the fuck outta there.
She'd assumed because he hadn't tried to shoo her out the door, because he had instigated talk of the next mission, that he wanted her to linger like this. But— ]
Do you want me to go? [ Like, she doesn't want to. Asking probably makes it further evident that she doesn't want to. But she'd come here to a purpose and now that purpose was dealt with and now she's socially awkward. ]
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I'm pointing out that you weren't entirely useless. [ She huffs it out. Honestly how dare? It's not like she doesn't think he's capable; if she didn't, this entire conversation wouldn't be a Thing. But apparently one of the rules she didn't know about is that she isn't supposed to say so. Directly, at least. Which is stupid. But stars, his ego apparently is doing just fine for itself, so she backs right the fuck outta there.
She'd assumed because he hadn't tried to shoo her out the door, because he had instigated talk of the next mission, that he wanted her to linger like this. But— ]
Do you want me to go? [ Like, she doesn't want to. Asking probably makes it further evident that she doesn't want to. But she'd come here to a purpose and now that purpose was dealt with and now she's socially awkward. ]