[But how long can that feeling of "I'm not surrounded by morons" really last...
Anyway. When he pulls up the command prompt again and selects "awaken," there is not an immediately obvious result - it is quiet and still for a few long moments as he stays crouched down there defensively. In fact, it is nearly half a minute later before there is any sort of reaction at all, and when it comes, it's in the form of Sen stirring but not opening her eyes.]
...nnrgh...
[The first sounds she's made in 48 years. Amazing.
She shifts, though, and tries to sit up. The wire in her arm still has her connected to the IV and the monitor, and the monitor's readouts are off the charts as she pulls out of the coma she'd been in and finally opens her eyes. She looks disoriented and displeased.]
Where..? [Then she spots Kaoru, and it's her turn to go on the defensive - she yanks the wires out of her arm and leaps back, landing on the ground in a crouch that's equally defensive as his before eyeing him warily.] Who—?
[She's moving entirely on instinct; she's not quite awake enough to form coherent sentences just yet.]
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Anyway. When he pulls up the command prompt again and selects "awaken," there is not an immediately obvious result - it is quiet and still for a few long moments as he stays crouched down there defensively. In fact, it is nearly half a minute later before there is any sort of reaction at all, and when it comes, it's in the form of Sen stirring but not opening her eyes.]
...nnrgh...
[The first sounds she's made in 48 years. Amazing.
She shifts, though, and tries to sit up. The wire in her arm still has her connected to the IV and the monitor, and the monitor's readouts are off the charts as she pulls out of the coma she'd been in and finally opens her eyes. She looks disoriented and displeased.]
Where..? [Then she spots Kaoru, and it's her turn to go on the defensive - she yanks the wires out of her arm and leaps back, landing on the ground in a crouch that's equally defensive as his before eyeing him warily.] Who—?
[She's moving entirely on instinct; she's not quite awake enough to form coherent sentences just yet.]