Dialogue overheard on LaBlon, August, 3030
Cast of Characters:
Colonel Natasha Kerensky, Wolf's Dragoons
Child about 7 years old, indeterminate gender
NK: Hey, your name Jacky?
(Suspicious stare, then a nod)
NK: I'm Natasha Kerensky. Allie says to tell
you..er.."Ess-yeh, they're ok-weh".
(Jacky gets very still, says nothing.)
NK: (runs hand through hair; it stands up wildly)
Look, that's supposed to be a password. (Silence) I'm no
good at this sort of baby talk! (Silence) All right, I'll
describe Allie. He's maybe a meter and a half high. His
eyes are blue, and partly crossed. He has dark brown
hair. He..er ... has a scar through this eyebrow (gestures
toward the left eye), and...
Jacky: (Mumbles something inaudible)
NK: (Leans closer) What did you say?
Jacky: What kind of scar?
NK: Good question! Shaped like a seven.
(Realizes that the child has probably never seen a
school). Like a line here and then a line that meets it there.
Jacky: OK.
NK: OK what?
Jacky: OK, come out. (A piece of wall moves
aside. Four ragged children crawl through it. One of them
whispers to Jacky) No drek? (to her) Hey, the Black
Widows? That Kerensky?
(NK nods wearily)
Jacky: What are you doing here?
NK: That's another good question. You coming or not?
(She starts to walk away, slowly enough so the
children can follow)
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