Though it sounded crazy, as I’d spent the last several months trying to shake her off. But today she was being comforting. She hadn’t mentioned my inability to interact during the spacer lecture and nor had she mentioned my episode with the mindair. Instead she was chatting happily, as always. Trying to distract me with a midday walk through the grounds. It seemed nothing phased her. I had just bordered on insubordinate in the way I’d dealt with Hendra, the mindair, but Elle didn’t seem bothered. Or if she was bothered, she had the compassion not to speak about it. “We should go away this weekend. Some of the other recruits are planning a training session in the mountains. You keep on saying I need to get some experience in different terrains.” I smiled at her and said, “I’ll think about it.” To be honest, the only thing I was thinking about today was how I’d been incapable of controlling myself, twice. To be fair, both times I hadn’t expected my classes to cut so close to the bone.
