[ that surprises him a little. maybe it shouldn't, considering this is the girl who, despite not even being a legal adult at the time, decided it'd be fun to hit on a few jaeger pilot wannabes. she'd seemed to have confidence in spades when he met her. it makes sense that she'd still have that years later.
but it makes him pretty curious, too. it's an interesting feeling. raleigh honestly can't remember the last time he was actually interested in learning something he doesn't already know. ] What'd you do to piss the U.N. off?
[ that seems like a pretty hefty thing for a girl who's, what? twenty-two? twenty-three at the most? ]
[ She'll be twenty-three in October, actually but that's still a few months away. But age has nothing to do with what a body can and cannot do, and that's something Raleigh should know -- he was a jaeger pilot and saving the world at what, nineteen?
When he asks, the look that crosses her face is one of surprise, because she's been here a couple of weeks but no one's asked why, no one's cared to know her story because when people think of reporters, they see a camera and a list of questions from her to whoever, not a person with a story of their own.
Naomi takes breath and deadpans: ] Accuse them of sanctioning grave robbery.
[ Because wasn't what Oblivion Bay was? A grave site as legitimate as the PPDC memorial grounds that she one day hopes to visit in Hawaii. ]
[ this conversation is just full of firsts. because for the first time in a long time, raleigh feels something more than the dull, muted numbness that follows him around everywhere. the confusion and surprise he's been feeling give way to a small smile tugging at his lips. it's not much, and it's nothing compared to the thousand watt grins he used to toss around. but it's definitely a smile.
it's not even that it's funny. it's just--no one else here gets it. no one else understands that jaegers aren't just hunks of metal that you can mine for another project. they're machines, yeah, but they're so much more than that too. and so raleigh's grateful that there's someone else around who can understand.
and he's maybe thinking that she's even more attractive now than the last time he saw her in person. which is really something he didn't expect to think. it's not like he hasn't thought that people are attractive in years. he's had a hook-up or two since knifehead. it's a decent way to get out of his head for a little bit of time. but it's not exactly been a priority, and out on the wall there's not exactly that many women working the long, dangerous shifts. he hasn't had much opportunity to think things like that recently.
raleigh looks over his shoulder at the people not so surreptitiously staring at them, and then back at naomi. ] You want to go somewhere we won't have a bunch of assholes trying to listen in on us?
[ The invite surprises her just as much as the ghost of a smile that he sends her way. ]
They're going to think we hooked up. [ The observation is matter-of-fact. She's already been tagged with jaeger fly, it's common enough knowledge that he's a former pilot, and no one knows about their shared history. ] You okay with people thinking that?
[ She's been called worse, and after a while, names just slide off her like water on a duck's back. The fact that they think she's just another pilot groupie actually works to her advantage.
But Raleigh works here. Works with these people, and is probably stuck with them until the Wall is finished and when the kaiju stop coming. So the remark is of concern, for him. ]
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but it makes him pretty curious, too. it's an interesting feeling. raleigh honestly can't remember the last time he was actually interested in learning something he doesn't already know. ] What'd you do to piss the U.N. off?
[ that seems like a pretty hefty thing for a girl who's, what? twenty-two? twenty-three at the most? ]
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When he asks, the look that crosses her face is one of surprise, because she's been here a couple of weeks but no one's asked why, no one's cared to know her story because when people think of reporters, they see a camera and a list of questions from her to whoever, not a person with a story of their own.
Naomi takes breath and deadpans: ] Accuse them of sanctioning grave robbery.
[ Because wasn't what Oblivion Bay was? A grave site as legitimate as the PPDC memorial grounds that she one day hopes to visit in Hawaii. ]
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it's not even that it's funny. it's just--no one else here gets it. no one else understands that jaegers aren't just hunks of metal that you can mine for another project. they're machines, yeah, but they're so much more than that too. and so raleigh's grateful that there's someone else around who can understand.
and he's maybe thinking that she's even more attractive now than the last time he saw her in person. which is really something he didn't expect to think. it's not like he hasn't thought that people are attractive in years. he's had a hook-up or two since knifehead. it's a decent way to get out of his head for a little bit of time. but it's not exactly been a priority, and out on the wall there's not exactly that many women working the long, dangerous shifts. he hasn't had much opportunity to think things like that recently.
raleigh looks over his shoulder at the people not so surreptitiously staring at them, and then back at naomi. ] You want to go somewhere we won't have a bunch of assholes trying to listen in on us?
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They're going to think we hooked up. [ The observation is matter-of-fact. She's already been tagged with jaeger fly, it's common enough knowledge that he's a former pilot, and no one knows about their shared history. ] You okay with people thinking that?
[ She's been called worse, and after a while, names just slide off her like water on a duck's back. The fact that they think she's just another pilot groupie actually works to her advantage.
But Raleigh works here. Works with these people, and is probably stuck with them until the Wall is finished and when the kaiju stop coming. So the remark is of concern, for him. ]