[ had he stolen a moment, during the whole 'oh dear fucking god an alien is trying to eat my face' chaos, to still pause and admire how the newcomer handled herself in a fight? yep. sure did. ]
it's the name of a country here on this planet. the people from it are dutch. i keep thinking it means you're from there somehow, but obviously that makes literally no sense
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[ yep, that's 100% her take-away here ]
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[ had he stolen a moment, during the whole 'oh dear fucking god an alien is trying to eat my face' chaos, to still pause and admire how the newcomer handled herself in a fight? yep. sure did. ]
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you weren't too bad yourself, sugarpants
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i give you "badass", and you give me "sugarpants"
[ he acts affronted, but he's amused. ]
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trying to get used to it, honey...tits?
[ -- nevermind that sounds terrible ]
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where does 'dutch' come from, anyway? is it a nickname? i'm assuming you're not actually from the netherlands
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[ and then there's a brief pause, ... appearing and disappearing while dutch decides how much she wants to tell him. ]
what's the netherlands? [ and she could leave it at that, but - might as well. ] short for duchess.
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and wait, you're a space duchess?
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and no, i'm not a space duchess
[ is she going to say it? she's going to say it. ]
i'm actually a space queen
or i was
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are you shitting me
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[ he should feel honoured; she doesn't share bits of her past with just anyone ]
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