Valdana can see him back there in the low light of the quiet hangar, face hidden and shoulders hunched. "Devero--" she starts, her voice sharp, then clacks her teeth on the rest of what she's going to say as this concerning stranger talks over her.
She backs off a couple of steps, refocusing her attention on Koumyou. She re-assesses him visibly before saying in an even voice, "Then I'll be plain. There has been something strange going on in my town for over a week, and he is in the middle of it." (She jabs a finger over Koumyou's shoulder at Devero, who's approached Koumyou to take the Seiten and now freezes.)
"You," she continues, eyes narrowing at the big person with the hidden face, the one as tall and as broad as Devero, the one who bears more than just that resemblance to him if the footage Ioleya has shown her is accurate. If she's gratified by his flinch, she doesn't show it. "Your emID matches that of a dear friend of mine whom I know lies comatose in hospital this very moment. Said emID has been flashing in and out of existence here for days, and I have it logged accessing systems all over my town.
"And you." She swings her attention back to Koumyou again. "You don't even have an emID, outsider, and I just witnessed you commit an assault."
She crosses her arms and tosses her head. "Don't think the Guard isn't already on its way here to detain you both. It would be in your best interests to cooperate and tell me who the hell you think you are and what the hell you're doing here!"
The facade of the cool, collected Administrator slips a little there, anger and frustration lashing out at the two men.
Behind Koumyou, Devero's fingers close around the Seiten and pull it free. "We just want to leave," he says, his voice low and raspy-- and so familiar. "Administrator, please, just--"
So it is him, or someone who looks and sounds just like him. "Devero," she says, once again ignoring Koumyou. Her voice is firm, the voice of someone used to being obeyed, but not unkind. "Let me see your face, my dear. Tell me what's going on here."
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She backs off a couple of steps, refocusing her attention on Koumyou. She re-assesses him visibly before saying in an even voice, "Then I'll be plain. There has been something strange going on in my town for over a week, and he is in the middle of it." (She jabs a finger over Koumyou's shoulder at Devero, who's approached Koumyou to take the Seiten and now freezes.)
"You," she continues, eyes narrowing at the big person with the hidden face, the one as tall and as broad as Devero, the one who bears more than just that resemblance to him if the footage Ioleya has shown her is accurate. If she's gratified by his flinch, she doesn't show it. "Your emID matches that of a dear friend of mine whom I know lies comatose in hospital this very moment. Said emID has been flashing in and out of existence here for days, and I have it logged accessing systems all over my town.
"And you." She swings her attention back to Koumyou again. "You don't even have an emID, outsider, and I just witnessed you commit an assault."
She crosses her arms and tosses her head. "Don't think the Guard isn't already on its way here to detain you both. It would be in your best interests to cooperate and tell me who the hell you think you are and what the hell you're doing here!"
The facade of the cool, collected Administrator slips a little there, anger and frustration lashing out at the two men.
Behind Koumyou, Devero's fingers close around the Seiten and pull it free. "We just want to leave," he says, his voice low and raspy-- and so familiar. "Administrator, please, just--"
So it is him, or someone who looks and sounds just like him. "Devero," she says, once again ignoring Koumyou. Her voice is firm, the voice of someone used to being obeyed, but not unkind. "Let me see your face, my dear. Tell me what's going on here."