( It takes her only a few seconds of dedicated appraisal to decide she could probably kill this man if she needed to. The odds that he's a real threat to her seem fairly low, but never zero — looks can be deceiving. She doesn't know whether or not he's human, whether there are things he can do that she can't anticipate. She does know that if he attacked her, or if he pulled a gun on her, she'd be fine. She could sink claws into his chest and her wounds would close and that would be the end of it.
But he's going around his truck the long way, and he seems... tired. Faintly annoyed, even, which is familiar — and a little absurd, considering he's the one who decided to stop and help her.
That's French for gimme the jack — there's an expression all teenagers are capable of making, whether they were raised as children or as weapons. It's this half-amused, half-annoyed, that's funny but also that was stupid not-smile that just barely hits their lips, most often wielded in the face of a dad joke.
As it turns out, even Laura's face is not immune to the natural human evolution of judgmental teenagers in the face of dad humor. Who knew?
Silently, she offers the jack over... but she's staying to watch. Hovering, so she can learn something whether or not he intends to explain the process. )
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But he's going around his truck the long way, and he seems... tired. Faintly annoyed, even, which is familiar — and a little absurd, considering he's the one who decided to stop and help her.
That's French for gimme the jack — there's an expression all teenagers are capable of making, whether they were raised as children or as weapons. It's this half-amused, half-annoyed, that's funny but also that was stupid not-smile that just barely hits their lips, most often wielded in the face of a dad joke.
As it turns out, even Laura's face is not immune to the natural human evolution of judgmental teenagers in the face of dad humor. Who knew?
Silently, she offers the jack over... but she's staying to watch. Hovering, so she can learn something whether or not he intends to explain the process. )