tag:dreamwidth.org,2017-04-17:3117279 It's a taxi, Shepard! It has a fare meter! fewer_explosions 2017-05-25T08:30:53Z tag:dreamwidth.org,2017-04-17:3117279:4839 2017-05-25T08:30:53Z 2017-05-25T08:30:53Z public 2 Liara was not nervous because of her impending defense. That much was chiefly ceremony: she knew her materials well, she had studied for this moment for many years, and her thesis had been found to be sound.<br /><br />She wasn't nervous because she was facing an uncertain future past this point either.<br /><br />No, dithering outside in the hall, she was nervous for an entirely different reason: it had been a very long time since she had been in the company of other people than whatever professor was guiding the latest remote dig, Caius, and Yeul.<br /><br />She was also nervous because no one on Thessia had seen a human before, and she was perpetually <i>explaining</i>.<br /><br />"Goddess," she muttered, rubbing her forehead. She looked to Yeul.<br /><br /><small>[[ for Yeul and Caius ]]</small><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=fewer_explosions&ditemid=4839" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments