Fluency
“She scrambled up and away from him, grabbing the discarded sheet and covering herself. She glared at Alan, reeling with panic and revulsion. She felt physically ill.
He wasn’t surprised. He just stared at her blankly, unmoving.
“This scenario displeases you, Dr. Jane Holloway?” rumbled in her head. “Shall I choose another? Perhaps a milieu of a less intimate nature? A memory? Mayhap Sectilius? To further familiarize you with cultural convention and conduct?”
“Ei’Brai—you bastard!” s...he spat at him.
“Contextualize this comment, if you please. You experience anger. Explain.”
She coughed against the back of her hand. “You just violated me!”
Shock and indignation met her outrage. “None of my appendages were involved in this tableau.”
She shook her head. “What?”
And yet, as she took a ragged breath, she could sense his confusion was real.MoreLess
He wasn’t surprised. He just stared at her blankly, unmoving.
“This scenario displeases you, Dr. Jane Holloway?” rumbled in her head. “Shall I choose another? Perhaps a milieu of a less intimate nature? A memory? Mayhap Sectilius? To further familiarize you with cultural convention and conduct?”
“Ei’Brai—you bastard!” s...he spat at him.
“Contextualize this comment, if you please. You experience anger. Explain.”
She coughed against the back of her hand. “You just violated me!”
Shock and indignation met her outrage. “None of my appendages were involved in this tableau.”
She shook her head. “What?”
And yet, as she took a ragged breath, she could sense his confusion was real.MoreLess
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