[ He sits on the floor with his back against the jewelry counter, crouching beside his newest comrade-in-arms, a woman a decade or two older than himself who calls herself Maureen. She's sensible, and she hasn't treated him any differently, unlike the majority of the population here. She's also one of the ones who doesn't know how or why she arrived here.
They need water. It's something they both immediately agreed on as a priority; she has a pragmatic mind, the sort of mentality highly valued in the culture from which he originated. People like her are needed to keep a communist state running, and with that knowledge comes a degree of inherent respect. ]
Fast. Faster than them, I think.
[ He doesn't train for speed—but he does train, and he's sure that his cardiovascular endurance, compared to most people's, is well above average despite the smoking. ]
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They need water. It's something they both immediately agreed on as a priority; she has a pragmatic mind, the sort of mentality highly valued in the culture from which he originated. People like her are needed to keep a communist state running, and with that knowledge comes a degree of inherent respect. ]
Fast. Faster than them, I think.
[ He doesn't train for speed—but he does train, and he's sure that his cardiovascular endurance, compared to most people's, is well above average despite the smoking. ]