What for, so I can accidentally shoot myself in the foot within five minutes?
[ the tone is more self-deprecating than necessarily humorous, and pepper's smile is thin. kind of tired, even if there's no real reason for her to be tired; it's just one thing after another, isn't it? you resign yourself to keep trudging through it all, one disaster, one mess after another. there's a slight pause, and pepper sort of mulls over whether to continue speaking or not, and in the end, she does. ]
I might expect you to know how to handle yourself in a crisis, if that's what this is, but I don't expect you to have all the answers. [ she clears her throat, lightly. ] Let's just try figure it out. Play it by ear, try not to... die, or something.
[ well that sure sounded better in her head than it did aloud. ]
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[ the tone is more self-deprecating than necessarily humorous, and pepper's smile is thin. kind of tired, even if there's no real reason for her to be tired; it's just one thing after another, isn't it? you resign yourself to keep trudging through it all, one disaster, one mess after another. there's a slight pause, and pepper sort of mulls over whether to continue speaking or not, and in the end, she does. ]
I might expect you to know how to handle yourself in a crisis, if that's what this is, but I don't expect you to have all the answers. [ she clears her throat, lightly. ] Let's just try figure it out. Play it by ear, try not to... die, or something.
[ well that sure sounded better in her head than it did aloud. ]