"Chinese Wonderland"... [He takes a moment to digest this.] I suppose we are down the proverbial rabbit hole.
You may be right, but surely that can't apply to everyone here, can it? I've observed a staggering variety of people here that suggest we aren't the only ones displaced whence we came. They can't all be insensible drones, eagerly swallowing whatever pablum the city proprietors shovel at them. It's improbable. [And terrifying. Mostly terrifying.]
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[He sits back and takes a moment to actually observe her; he's been a bit on-guard since the beginning of the conversation.]
You're rather more... sedate than other young women I've met.
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You may be right, but surely that can't apply to everyone here, can it? I've observed a staggering variety of people here that suggest we aren't the only ones displaced whence we came. They can't all be insensible drones, eagerly swallowing whatever pablum the city proprietors shovel at them. It's improbable. [And terrifying. Mostly terrifying.]
...
[He sits back and takes a moment to actually observe her; he's been a bit on-guard since the beginning of the conversation.]
You're rather more... sedate than other young women I've met.