I sat there poking at my fish and chips after the two guys had left. I'd not actually eaten anything, and saw Rhea reach over and steal a couple more
fries. I pushed the tray towards her a bit. "You want the rest?"
She grinned. "Really? Thanks!" A part of my mind wondered WHERE she was putting all that, especially after that tub-o-fries. But she dove in without
hesitation.
Across the table Nene looked closely at me. "Hey, are you okay?" Her eyes narrowed and I found anywhere to look at besides her.
"I'm fine, I'm just not hungry."
She cocked an eyebrow in a way that screamed Ben to me. "If you're not hungry, why did you order that much food?"
"Look, I don't know, okay?!" I snapped, immediately regretting it. "I'm sorry. I'm... hungry, I think. But that food, well, the best
way to explain is that every time I think of eating it I get all squeamish and nauseous. I want to chow down, but I can't eat any of that." I waved my
hand at the table, my voice a combination of irritation and embarrassment to my own ears.
Nene went silent and began eating her own chicken strips as I sighed. Folding my arms on the table, I rested my head on them and closed my eyes. "I
don't know what's wrong with me."
Rhea got a concerned look on her face and was about to use her radiant aura to try and heal me when Nene reached over and got a hold of her arm.
"Don't. This isn't something that needs that trick. And this isn't the time or place to be trying it."
Rhea glared at Nene as Chris looked at me and pondered. "Hey Uni?"
"Hmm?"
"What did Silver eat back in Paragon?"
I raised my head and looked at him in surprise, before trying to think. "She... uh, she didn't eat. Silver was completely self-sustaining."
Chris was thinking hard too. "Well, my bet is that your instincts are trying to, well, synchronize with Silver's body. Hunger is one of those, but
obviously food isn't what's needed to satiate it." The other three of us remained quiet while Chris turned over the issue in his head. "What
did Silver eat back in EoW?"
My eyes were blank for a moment before it clicked and comprehension dawned. "Of course!" Nene's eyes widened as she realized what I was talking
about and Chris had a smug look on his face. In my opinion, he was entitled to it right now.
Rhea gave the three of us a confused look. "What are you guys talking about? EoW?"
"Echoes of War, a game we used to play," Nene answered offhandedly, her attention focused elsewhere.
Chris nodded. "Quicksilver didn't first show up in Paragon, she showed up years ago in another game the three of us were part of. She was a nanotech
back then too, but she was more... fleshed out, pardon the pun." That sent Nene into a fit of giggles as I just shook my head at MD. Some things never
change.
Rhea ignored them and laid a hand on my shoulder. "Are you going to be okay?"
I nodded and grinned at her. "Yeah, I'm great. I know exactly what I need. And I bet I can find it in your garage." I looked into her eyes with
an almost-feral grin that was meant for the other personality in there, and Rhea felt the presence in the back of her mind shiver slightly.
fries. I pushed the tray towards her a bit. "You want the rest?"
She grinned. "Really? Thanks!" A part of my mind wondered WHERE she was putting all that, especially after that tub-o-fries. But she dove in without
hesitation.
Across the table Nene looked closely at me. "Hey, are you okay?" Her eyes narrowed and I found anywhere to look at besides her.
"I'm fine, I'm just not hungry."
She cocked an eyebrow in a way that screamed Ben to me. "If you're not hungry, why did you order that much food?"
"Look, I don't know, okay?!" I snapped, immediately regretting it. "I'm sorry. I'm... hungry, I think. But that food, well, the best
way to explain is that every time I think of eating it I get all squeamish and nauseous. I want to chow down, but I can't eat any of that." I waved my
hand at the table, my voice a combination of irritation and embarrassment to my own ears.
Nene went silent and began eating her own chicken strips as I sighed. Folding my arms on the table, I rested my head on them and closed my eyes. "I
don't know what's wrong with me."
Rhea got a concerned look on her face and was about to use her radiant aura to try and heal me when Nene reached over and got a hold of her arm.
"Don't. This isn't something that needs that trick. And this isn't the time or place to be trying it."
Rhea glared at Nene as Chris looked at me and pondered. "Hey Uni?"
"Hmm?"
"What did Silver eat back in Paragon?"
I raised my head and looked at him in surprise, before trying to think. "She... uh, she didn't eat. Silver was completely self-sustaining."
Chris was thinking hard too. "Well, my bet is that your instincts are trying to, well, synchronize with Silver's body. Hunger is one of those, but
obviously food isn't what's needed to satiate it." The other three of us remained quiet while Chris turned over the issue in his head. "What
did Silver eat back in EoW?"
My eyes were blank for a moment before it clicked and comprehension dawned. "Of course!" Nene's eyes widened as she realized what I was talking
about and Chris had a smug look on his face. In my opinion, he was entitled to it right now.
Rhea gave the three of us a confused look. "What are you guys talking about? EoW?"
"Echoes of War, a game we used to play," Nene answered offhandedly, her attention focused elsewhere.
Chris nodded. "Quicksilver didn't first show up in Paragon, she showed up years ago in another game the three of us were part of. She was a nanotech
back then too, but she was more... fleshed out, pardon the pun." That sent Nene into a fit of giggles as I just shook my head at MD. Some things never
change.
Rhea ignored them and laid a hand on my shoulder. "Are you going to be okay?"
I nodded and grinned at her. "Yeah, I'm great. I know exactly what I need. And I bet I can find it in your garage." I looked into her eyes with
an almost-feral grin that was meant for the other personality in there, and Rhea felt the presence in the back of her mind shiver slightly.