[ A clipped nod is her confirmation: yes, water. The camp's running short already; he knows not even half of the intended supplies made it down with the pods. ]
You ready to come with?
[ Now that she's alerted him of her presence, she might as well let him guard it. Maybe the situation can be mutual. ]
[Ava takes well to that sort of quiet confirmation. Not a lot of talk, but not a lot of it needed, either. She can cope with both, but raised as she was, this is always easier. She nods.]
Ready when you are.
[She says it deadpan, but there's a touch of irony to it. Since he'd been heading out already. There's a quirk of her lips as she moves, smooth and silent. Willing to let him cover her as ready as she is to cover him if it comes down to it. Someone might call it a bad call, but she'll take the odds, she supposes.]
[ They got as far as they did together on Thesa for a reason, he figures. She'd made a good first impression with him in the simulator — as much as anyone can, where he's concerned — while he's sure he'd made a poor one.
There's also the fact she reminds him so much of... ]
Hear that? About a klick ahead?
[ This is his way of probing into her level of enhancement. Confirming and denying suspicions. ]
[In truth, his impression on her hadn't been nearly as bad as he assumes. She's from only a few months after the Hydra mess, so her expectations had been... very low at the time. He'd actually surpassed them.
Enough that she's out here and not worried about whether or not he'll put a bullet in her body.
Well. Not any moreso than she is with most people. She hears it too, and she nods at the question, a faint jerk of her head in the direction of the sound of rushing water.]
Yeah.
[She knows what he's doing, and there had been the brief urge to lie, but she hasn't been doing a particularly stellar job of pretending to be normal anyway. So instead:]
[Is this a great idea? Probably not. But Ava's a girl that thought punching her way out of the Triskelion was a great solution to a problem so however much of Nat she has in her head, it's not enough to keep her from bouts of recklessness.
She takes in his stance, and she smiles as she adjusts her own. Reaches for the mess that her mind is, smooths out what she needs.]
Alright.
[And as soon as she says the words she's moving. She doesn't go for a straight race, knowing that with his power he can probably easily out-distance her. But they are in a forest. Trees close enough to give her a game that plays better to her strengths. She's twisted her way out of a forty foot drop and stuck the landing without a thought -- this she can do.
The only downside is that if Bucky wanted a demonstration of what she could do, there wasn't much of a better demonstration aside from a fight. But she was okay with that. Light on her feet, graceful, silent. Good at disappearing. But she knows he's good too.
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[ A clipped nod is her confirmation: yes, water. The camp's running short already; he knows not even half of the intended supplies made it down with the pods. ]
You ready to come with?
[ Now that she's alerted him of her presence, she might as well let him guard it. Maybe the situation can be mutual. ]
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Ready when you are.
[She says it deadpan, but there's a touch of irony to it. Since he'd been heading out already. There's a quirk of her lips as she moves, smooth and silent. Willing to let him cover her as ready as she is to cover him if it comes down to it. Someone might call it a bad call, but she'll take the odds, she supposes.]
no subject
There's also the fact she reminds him so much of... ]
Hear that? About a klick ahead?
[ This is his way of probing into her level of enhancement. Confirming and denying suspicions. ]
no subject
Enough that she's out here and not worried about whether or not he'll put a bullet in her body.
Well. Not any moreso than she is with most people. She hears it too, and she nods at the question, a faint jerk of her head in the direction of the sound of rushing water.]
Yeah.
[She knows what he's doing, and there had been the brief urge to lie, but she hasn't been doing a particularly stellar job of pretending to be normal anyway. So instead:]
Think you can keep up?
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Predator ready to prowl. For however long it lasts, he's having fun with her. ]
Try me.
[ Let's go find that crisp running water, thirsty monsters. ]
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She takes in his stance, and she smiles as she adjusts her own. Reaches for the mess that her mind is, smooths out what she needs.]
Alright.
[And as soon as she says the words she's moving. She doesn't go for a straight race, knowing that with his power he can probably easily out-distance her. But they are in a forest. Trees close enough to give her a game that plays better to her strengths. She's twisted her way out of a forty foot drop and stuck the landing without a thought -- this she can do.
The only downside is that if Bucky wanted a demonstration of what she could do, there wasn't much of a better demonstration aside from a fight. But she was okay with that. Light on her feet, graceful, silent. Good at disappearing. But she knows he's good too.
She just wants him to see him prove it.]