[And oh how upliftingly obvious it is that he's happy to talk about his friends - when he asks the question back, it's been so long after she was told specifically to look for Omid and Christa that she grabs and pulls in every memory that comes easily of someone who's still alive.]
I do. They're all grown up, like you... There's Omid and Christa, who're boyfriend and girlfriend... Christa is taller than Omid. And more serious. She was wearing a purple and white jacket, and she ties her hair back in a knot. Omid has a brown sweatshirt. [She pauses, wondering about the validity of the next bit...] And the last time I saw him, his leg was hurt and bandaged.
There's Molly, who has blonde hair that's short and an orange sweater with a hood. She's... like an acrobat. [Surely there's a better word to call her, but she isn't sure what it would be.] She used to get through the city without getting caught by them by climbing and jumping on the buildings, and things like that.
And - [A little flicker in her face of some vague kind.] - Lilly... who's tall with long brown hair and brown eyes. And she's very tough. ...She's the kind of person who tries to get mad, instead, when she's worried. Some of us got scared of her sometimes, but she just wanted to be sure everyone was safe... [Even Clem had been scared of her under the circumstances in which she'd last seen her. But at that time she had yet seemed so uncharacteristically, plainly sad, confused - what else could she have been but desperate to be the good leader she'd wanted to prove she could be?
She nudges herself into brightening up again.] You know your friends are probably okay, huh?
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[And oh how upliftingly obvious it is that he's happy to talk about his friends - when he asks the question back, it's been so long after she was told specifically to look for Omid and Christa that she grabs and pulls in every memory that comes easily of someone who's still alive.]
I do. They're all grown up, like you... There's Omid and Christa, who're boyfriend and girlfriend... Christa is taller than Omid. And more serious. She was wearing a purple and white jacket, and she ties her hair back in a knot. Omid has a brown sweatshirt. [She pauses, wondering about the validity of the next bit...] And the last time I saw him, his leg was hurt and bandaged.
There's Molly, who has blonde hair that's short and an orange sweater with a hood. She's... like an acrobat. [Surely there's a better word to call her, but she isn't sure what it would be.] She used to get through the city without getting caught by them by climbing and jumping on the buildings, and things like that.
And - [A little flicker in her face of some vague kind.] - Lilly... who's tall with long brown hair and brown eyes. And she's very tough. ...She's the kind of person who tries to get mad, instead, when she's worried. Some of us got scared of her sometimes, but she just wanted to be sure everyone was safe... [Even Clem had been scared of her under the circumstances in which she'd last seen her. But at that time she had yet seemed so uncharacteristically, plainly sad, confused - what else could she have been but desperate to be the good leader she'd wanted to prove she could be?
She nudges herself into brightening up again.] You know your friends are probably okay, huh?