Miles had been impressed with her resourcefulness before, how quick on the uptake she was, but Miles can't truly like someone who isn't compassionate and hearing evidence of it now makes him smile. It's a weary, strained thing, but true.
"I haven't broken anything I haven't broken before," he tells her honestly, head lolling back against the stone. He winces as he jostles his arm and then settles it carefully on one upraised knee so it won't be knocked again. Miles casts for a way to reassure her that they are getting out of here without alerting their observers, but they hadn't met before and have no code words like he has with Elli. He's left instead thinking of his time on Dagoola IV, preaching a message no one understood enough to believe.
"Your sympathy is appreciated, though, believe you me. As for what I want, I believe our deal was a trade, wasn't it? Why don't you tell me about your life?" The life of an average resident of New London. "Like I said, out in the galaxy, news of what's going on here isn't being screamed from the mountain tops."
no subject
"I haven't broken anything I haven't broken before," he tells her honestly, head lolling back against the stone. He winces as he jostles his arm and then settles it carefully on one upraised knee so it won't be knocked again. Miles casts for a way to reassure her that they are getting out of here without alerting their observers, but they hadn't met before and have no code words like he has with Elli. He's left instead thinking of his time on Dagoola IV, preaching a message no one understood enough to believe.
"Your sympathy is appreciated, though, believe you me. As for what I want, I believe our deal was a trade, wasn't it? Why don't you tell me about your life?" The life of an average resident of New London. "Like I said, out in the galaxy, news of what's going on here isn't being screamed from the mountain tops."