[Testing has been going on for over a week now, and it's taking its toll on everyone.
Shirley, for her part, has been doing her best to play the part of hardened Merines. It's been easy to summon up old rage and turn it into silence and quiet refusal. In response the monitors and the guards use more force than necessary when handling her, but with a hardened heart none of it hurts more than being in Crusand's hands did. Or at least, not emotionally.
Physically she's had a much rougher time of it, and while she's too stubborn to let up her mask during interrogations or testing she doesn't have the stamina to keep it up forever. As soon as she's returned to her and the other girls' cell she just about flops on the bed, sitting down and falling on her back with the grace of a log. She tries to address the other girls, but it takes a moment to find the words.]
After all this time, I still wonder what they intend to do with us in the end.
Cell action; backdated before the ring incident
Shirley, for her part, has been doing her best to play the part of hardened Merines. It's been easy to summon up old rage and turn it into silence and quiet refusal. In response the monitors and the guards use more force than necessary when handling her, but with a hardened heart none of it hurts more than being in Crusand's hands did. Or at least, not emotionally.
Physically she's had a much rougher time of it, and while she's too stubborn to let up her mask during interrogations or testing she doesn't have the stamina to keep it up forever. As soon as she's returned to her and the other girls' cell she just about flops on the bed, sitting down and falling on her back with the grace of a log. She tries to address the other girls, but it takes a moment to find the words.]
After all this time, I still wonder what they intend to do with us in the end.