[ Hands now free, he jams them into his pockets. Lets his gaze follows hers to the wall, his mouth forming a tight line. ]
Not exactly planning on it.
[ Which should probably sound facetious coming out of anyone else's mouth, but he says it with a straight face and a pinch at his brow. Fifty thousand lives lost. You can never really, fully wrap your head around numbers like that. Not all at once, even when it's laid out in front of you like this.
A beat, and he tilts his head toward her again, frowning slightly. ]
I think they've got a decent operation running here, all things considered. [ Three years is a long time to keep a basecamp with this many folks running relatively smoothly in a hostile environment with limited resources. ]
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Not exactly planning on it.
[ Which should probably sound facetious coming out of anyone else's mouth, but he says it with a straight face and a pinch at his brow. Fifty thousand lives lost. You can never really, fully wrap your head around numbers like that. Not all at once, even when it's laid out in front of you like this.
A beat, and he tilts his head toward her again, frowning slightly. ]
I think they've got a decent operation running here, all things considered. [ Three years is a long time to keep a basecamp with this many folks running relatively smoothly in a hostile environment with limited resources. ]