[ But at least he's not fearful, now that he's eased himself into a position in which he maintains some level of control. He's establishing himself with this guy, with the powers that are, and that's going to be critical in the coming months. The fact that this man, enemy though he may be, has been superficially more pleasant to him than any of the civilians in this shitty little microcosm of a Capitalist oligarchy doesn't hurt, eitherβHarding's brusque and antisocial, but the vague decency that he does show seems to be genuine. He looks too tired to pretend, and like the kind of person pretending would take enormous effort for.
Vasiliy ashes what's left of his cigarette and goes for a second, pausing when he starts to habitually return his cigarette case to the breast pocket of his button-down. ]
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Maybe. I am EMT with one hour before shift.
[ But at least he's not fearful, now that he's eased himself into a position in which he maintains some level of control. He's establishing himself with this guy, with the powers that are, and that's going to be critical in the coming months. The fact that this man, enemy though he may be, has been superficially more pleasant to him than any of the civilians in this shitty little microcosm of a Capitalist oligarchy doesn't hurt, eitherβHarding's brusque and antisocial, but the vague decency that he does show seems to be genuine. He looks too tired to pretend, and like the kind of person pretending would take enormous effort for.
Vasiliy ashes what's left of his cigarette and goes for a second, pausing when he starts to habitually return his cigarette case to the breast pocket of his button-down. ]
You smoke?