Firo stood up as well, primed to catch her if she faltered. But she looked... well, not fine, but relatively steady. Tough kid.
He laughed. "Is that how it is where you're from? In my world, they don't even stop the machines if a factory worker gets hurt."
"Guess they can't make it too easy on us here." He tried to join in her good humor, though inside his stomach was turning. From one of their chats before, he'd gotten the idea that Sandy was a bit more jaded and calloused to the world than your average kid might be. But that didn't erase the fact that she was a kid. There was just something disgusting to him about people who'd hurt a relative innocent.
Looking at the ground, he tried to disguise that feeling. "Should you be movin' around too much? It's not gonna do you much good to open all that up..."
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He laughed. "Is that how it is where you're from? In my world, they don't even stop the machines if a factory worker gets hurt."
"Guess they can't make it too easy on us here." He tried to join in her good humor, though inside his stomach was turning. From one of their chats before, he'd gotten the idea that Sandy was a bit more jaded and calloused to the world than your average kid might be. But that didn't erase the fact that she was a kid. There was just something disgusting to him about people who'd hurt a relative innocent.
Looking at the ground, he tried to disguise that feeling. "Should you be movin' around too much? It's not gonna do you much good to open all that up..."