[Something about the guy's reaction makes Taylor frown. Like he'd been expecting her answer, fishing for it so he could continue with whatever he'd wanted to say in the first place. She didn't like it when people did that, played headgames with her - she had enough of it, back at the Academy. Girls that were as manipulative as others were outright violent. It sets her back up, chin lifting and gaze hard.]
I know he's been here a lot fucking longer than you.
[Truth was she didn't know that much about Oxford. But he'd been first wave, before he was fifth. He'd been through most of the same shit as her on the ship, even if they hadn't gone through it together. She wouldn't even say she liked him, but he was familiar, more familiar than this Austen reject, and maybe there was a grain of loyalty in that.]
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I know he's been here a lot fucking longer than you.
[Truth was she didn't know that much about Oxford. But he'd been first wave, before he was fifth. He'd been through most of the same shit as her on the ship, even if they hadn't gone through it together. She wouldn't even say she liked him, but he was familiar, more familiar than this Austen reject, and maybe there was a grain of loyalty in that.]