Blaze is very unsophisticated about washing. She’s just splashing cold water over her face and scrubbing vigorously until she has to suck in a breath-
-gasping involuntarily at the cold, blinking water away and brushing damp hair from her eyes. What she needs is a shot of coffee and an excuse, any excuse-
-she blinks again, and she’s just hunched over the compact workbench in her own ship, the familiar vibration coming up softly through the metal to where she’s gripping the edge with white fingers. She lets out a long, unsteady breath, trying to place herself while the others talk. Then she slaps the bench top hard enough to make her Ghost jump and leave her hand stinging.
“Blaze! Are you all right?” Her partner ventures closer, but she just waves it off and steps back over to the pilot’s seat, drying her face. She’ll need another minute of squinting before she remembers to go back for the glasses.
“Fine. You two figured out where we’re going yet? I want to get back to figuring this out. Still think Hughes ought to go for a test run. Can’t hurt to learn what you’re packing now, right?” Not like she hasn’t been pushing her temporary body.
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-gasping involuntarily at the cold, blinking water away and brushing damp hair from her eyes. What she needs is a shot of coffee and an excuse, any excuse-
-she blinks again, and she’s just hunched over the compact workbench in her own ship, the familiar vibration coming up softly through the metal to where she’s gripping the edge with white fingers. She lets out a long, unsteady breath, trying to place herself while the others talk. Then she slaps the bench top hard enough to make her Ghost jump and leave her hand stinging.
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Blaze! Are you all right?” Her partner ventures closer, but she just waves it off and steps back over to the pilot’s seat, drying her face. She’ll need another minute of squinting before she remembers to go back for the glasses.“Fine. You two figured out where we’re going yet? I want to get back to figuring this out. Still think Hughes ought to go for a test run. Can’t hurt to learn what you’re packing now, right?” Not like she hasn’t been pushing her temporary body.