He consciously pulls his hand away from his hip in reaction to her reaction and tells himself that it's not much different than standing opposite a Navigator or an Ogryn, but it's just unfortunate, then, that her countenance resembles an Eldar so frakking closely. There are some things humans just weren't meant to resemble, and it looks wrong on a fundamental level.
Or is she a mutant because it's the fault of "magic"? He's heard that mutations are more common in worlds closer to the Eye of Terror. This is doing his head in. The hostility starts to recede and the awkwardness sets in, after all he's just said. But there's still a palpable air of discomfort and wariness.
"Homo sapiens nobilis?" he repeats by the way of a question, though his voice doesn't know quite which of a tone to take.
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He consciously pulls his hand away from his hip in reaction to her reaction and tells himself that it's not much different than standing opposite a Navigator or an Ogryn, but it's just unfortunate, then, that her countenance resembles an Eldar so frakking closely. There are some things humans just weren't meant to resemble, and it looks wrong on a fundamental level.
Or is she a mutant because it's the fault of "magic"? He's heard that mutations are more common in worlds closer to the Eye of Terror. This is doing his head in. The hostility starts to recede and the awkwardness sets in, after all he's just said. But there's still a palpable air of discomfort and wariness.
"Homo sapiens nobilis?" he repeats by the way of a question, though his voice doesn't know quite which of a tone to take.