He'd registered her hands, but had only had enough time to register them as off before his attention was arrested by her face. An inhuman face. The face of a monster, like something he'd fight in the slums, or out in the Wastes. He freezes in that instant, something a SOLDIER should know better than to do, but for the moment he's safe. It's just a face on a screen.
A face with a too-familiar voice.
It's her voice that finally jerks him into action - but not to give immediate response. Instead, it's to read every single response she's given so far, harvesting every piece of information, judging every nuance of her voice, weighing everything while his mind races and tries to process what he's seeing.
It's several minutes before he finally responds, sticking to text to give him time to think between each response.]
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He'd registered her hands, but had only had enough time to register them as off before his attention was arrested by her face. An inhuman face. The face of a monster, like something he'd fight in the slums, or out in the Wastes. He freezes in that instant, something a SOLDIER should know better than to do, but for the moment he's safe. It's just a face on a screen.
A face with a too-familiar voice.
It's her voice that finally jerks him into action - but not to give immediate response. Instead, it's to read every single response she's given so far, harvesting every piece of information, judging every nuance of her voice, weighing everything while his mind races and tries to process what he's seeing.
It's several minutes before he finally responds, sticking to text to give him time to think between each response.]
Freya?
Are you alright?