Movement in the corner of her eye sees Xiulan turn to Hana before she actually speaks. It’s a modulated, casual sort of motion, alert rather than alarmed, though she does seem genuinely somewhat startled at the presentation of the pastry.
“Thank you. I hadn’t tried one of these.” Glancing around at the food spread - and not incidentally, other people in the room while she’s at it - she adds, “What do you bet we’re going to be living off of leftovers for a week?”
She studies Hana, but her expression is not unkind and she doesn’t frown to hear her existence had not made an indelible impression before. “We did meet, but—“ A flap of a hand as she takes a neat bite out of the pastry, “—it’s not as if there aren’t fifty other people on base. I’m Xiulan.
“A few weeks? I’ve only been here the one. What brought you here?”
She’s curious about what brought others to the rebellion, but detecting some underlying tension from Hana, she words it more vaguely in case there’s a wish to avoid the topic directly.
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Re: New people mingling [paging Xiulan]
Date: 2020-01-24 02:04 am (UTC)“Thank you. I hadn’t tried one of these.” Glancing around at the food spread - and not incidentally, other people in the room while she’s at it - she adds, “What do you bet we’re going to be living off of leftovers for a week?”
She studies Hana, but her expression is not unkind and she doesn’t frown to hear her existence had not made an indelible impression before. “We did meet, but—“ A flap of a hand as she takes a neat bite out of the pastry, “—it’s not as if there aren’t fifty other people on base. I’m Xiulan.
“A few weeks? I’ve only been here the one. What brought you here?”
She’s curious about what brought others to the rebellion, but detecting some underlying tension from Hana, she words it more vaguely in case there’s a wish to avoid the topic directly.