[ His reaction is something she recognizes - the suspicion, the paranoia of it. Mostly because it's typically her immediate reaction as well. It's why she takes so many precautions in all her interactions. Even now, when he's a stranger among many, with only the barest hint of familiarity in his words.
He might have had a different reaction, had she not fallen back on old habits and subdued her natural accent from Dromund Kaas. If anything gave her away as Imperial, it would be that. But instead, she'd adapted the untraceable lilt she so often used for undercover and smuggler work - the one that said she could be from just about any corner of the galaxy, and vanish into the shadows of another just as seamlessly.
But she lets her lips quirk in amusement as she lets her fingers drift to another blade, even if her gaze is now fixed on him. Letting her curiosity show. ]
Oh, no, theory tends to give me a headache, so I avoid that whenever possible. I know enough to repair my gear when I inevitably screw something up. Which is to say, I know just enough to be dangerous and no more. [ She spreads her hands to the side in a helpless shrug, as if to say what am I to do? And while she can pull off the harmless look in some situations, she's not trying real hard at the moment. ]
You lean more towards blasters, then? I hear the Free Cities are more technologically advanced than the other two factions, if you're lucky enough to end up there. The other two seem far more caught up in religious mumbo-jumbo and... magic. [ She wrinkles her nose at that, because she still thinks that aspect of everything just makes this entire thing a mess. And for someone who's had to plot her way around the Force for most of her life, that's saying a lot. ]
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He might have had a different reaction, had she not fallen back on old habits and subdued her natural accent from Dromund Kaas. If anything gave her away as Imperial, it would be that. But instead, she'd adapted the untraceable lilt she so often used for undercover and smuggler work - the one that said she could be from just about any corner of the galaxy, and vanish into the shadows of another just as seamlessly.
But she lets her lips quirk in amusement as she lets her fingers drift to another blade, even if her gaze is now fixed on him. Letting her curiosity show. ]
Oh, no, theory tends to give me a headache, so I avoid that whenever possible. I know enough to repair my gear when I inevitably screw something up. Which is to say, I know just enough to be dangerous and no more. [ She spreads her hands to the side in a helpless shrug, as if to say what am I to do? And while she can pull off the harmless look in some situations, she's not trying real hard at the moment. ]
You lean more towards blasters, then? I hear the Free Cities are more technologically advanced than the other two factions, if you're lucky enough to end up there. The other two seem far more caught up in religious mumbo-jumbo and... magic. [ She wrinkles her nose at that, because she still thinks that aspect of everything just makes this entire thing a mess. And for someone who's had to plot her way around the Force for most of her life, that's saying a lot. ]