"I know where you're coming from," I said, gesturing vaguely at the parts of Terminal Dogma we'd just left. "My memories of this place, even the ones I can call wholly mine, aren't exactly conducive to a warm and fuzzy feeling, y'know?" I smiled wryly.
I led him into the giant double helix elevator and started our ascent. We stood in silence for a while, until I thought of something.
"When we leave the elevator, we're not going to be able to talk about 'classified material' until we get somewhere with less recording devices." I crooked my fingers at the quotes. I 'knocked' politely at his mental shield and sent, ::Besides, telepathy tends to freak the mundanes and would make Rei suspicious when we run into her.:: "So, what story do you want to use? Are you going to use your real name or 'Something' Nagisa?"
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''
-- James Nicoll
I led him into the giant double helix elevator and started our ascent. We stood in silence for a while, until I thought of something.
"When we leave the elevator, we're not going to be able to talk about 'classified material' until we get somewhere with less recording devices." I crooked my fingers at the quotes. I 'knocked' politely at his mental shield and sent, ::Besides, telepathy tends to freak the mundanes and would make Rei suspicious when we run into her.:: "So, what story do you want to use? Are you going to use your real name or 'Something' Nagisa?"
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''
-- James Nicoll