“So you’re the time to beat,” a
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“So you’re the time to beat,” a tall thin man said, pausing in front of Shara where she was standing with two other trainees while one of the techs went over a wiring diagram with them.
Shara looked him up and down, genuinely not understanding the comment for a moment. He was in a pilot’s coverall, with the flight harness attached and his helmet under his arm. The helmet had an insignia she couldn’t make out, and his nametape read “Orato”.
“Maybe,” she said, realizing he probably meant the training course leaderboard.
“You broke my record,” he said. Ah, that might be where she’d seen his name before. He wasn’t friendly, but she supposed he wasn’t really hostile either.
“Oh” Shara said. “Well, I mean. I didn’t really break it, I just… moved it. It’s still a perfectly respectable second place.”
The man looked slightly amused. “No,” he said, “it’s third, you broke it twice.”
Shara had been being so careful not to be cocky she hadn’t noticed that. “I did?” she said, and laughed at herself for a second, then straightened up and pretended to swagger. “Well. I mean, you can go get your record back if you want but I’ll probably just break it again, right?” And she winked to let him know she wasn’t really being an ass.
His eyebrows went up, and he licked his teeth, adjusting his stance, but then he smiled too. “We’ll just see about that, Bey.”
“I look forward to it,” Shara said.
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“So you’re the time to beat,” a tall thin man said, pausing in front of Shara where she was standing with two other trainees while one of the techs went over a wiring diagram with them.
Shara looked him up and down, genuinely not understanding the comment for a moment. He was in a pilot’s coverall, with the flight harness attached and his helmet under his arm. The helmet had an insignia she couldn’t make out, and his nametape read “Orato”.
“Maybe,” she said, realizing he probably meant the training course leaderboard.
“You broke my record,” he said. Ah, that might be where she’d seen his name before. He wasn’t friendly, but she supposed he wasn’t really hostile either.
“Oh” Shara said. “Well, I mean. I didn’t really break it, I just… moved it. It’s still a perfectly respectable second place.”
The man looked slightly amused. “No,” he said, “it’s third, you broke it twice.”
Shara had been being so careful not to be cocky she hadn’t noticed that. “I did?” she said, and laughed at herself for a second, then straightened up and pretended to swagger. “Well. I mean, you can go get your record back if you want but I’ll probably just break it again, right?” And she winked to let him know she wasn’t really being an ass.
His eyebrows went up, and he licked his teeth, adjusting his stance, but then he smiled too. “We’ll just see about that, Bey.”
“I look forward to it,” Shara said.
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