[ He's used to the way Tellusian ferns drop spores like a sandstorm, so the mess decorating Rin's suit barely registers due to its familiarity. Wolfwood's attention is on the bobbling fairy light -- make that lights, plural -- that are drifting as though caught in a breeze. Their movements seem random, but they're still slowly following after the two intruders.
Wolfwood's bark of a laugh at Rin's reply surprises the hell out of him, and he stumbles over an exposed gnarl of root (odd, part of his mind supplies, ferns don't usually have roots like that) before finding his equilibrium again. ]
Careful. [ His words are warning, but his tone is light, verging on friendly. ] Talk like that'll get you a round on the MAT.
[ MAT. Good ol' Mandatory Appropriateness Training. Five hundred years in the future and management still thinks the way to deal with everything from foul language and a lack of social skills to deeply inappropriate interpersonal conduct is with a multi-hour test, the questions interspersed with videos of awkwardly acted improbable workplace harassment. ]
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Wolfwood's bark of a laugh at Rin's reply surprises the hell out of him, and he stumbles over an exposed gnarl of root (odd, part of his mind supplies, ferns don't usually have roots like that) before finding his equilibrium again. ]
Careful. [ His words are warning, but his tone is light, verging on friendly. ] Talk like that'll get you a round on the MAT.
[ MAT. Good ol' Mandatory Appropriateness Training. Five hundred years in the future and management still thinks the way to deal with everything from foul language and a lack of social skills to deeply inappropriate interpersonal conduct is with a multi-hour test, the questions interspersed with videos of awkwardly acted improbable workplace harassment. ]