[The little pauses, the quiet and recovery, they say plenty without making it plain. She's clearly determined to remain optimistic, or at least to appear so—is she unwilling to reveal so much to strangers, or to admit something to herself? Hard to tell from so short an exchange, easy to project one's own self on its surface. He ought not think on it too deeply—but it's hard not to do that, too, when a little pain comes through in the voice.
A question-shaped escape hatch appears:]
You mean track propulsion.
[He's only met treads firsthand, not the vehicle she surely means to invoke—but rifters share plenty with one another. Conversations wander, the Fade plays show-and-tell.]
That could be an interesting build. [After a moment's pause,] A stabilizing gyroscopic system would assist with inclines.
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A question-shaped escape hatch appears:]
You mean track propulsion.
[He's only met treads firsthand, not the vehicle she surely means to invoke—but rifters share plenty with one another. Conversations wander, the Fade plays show-and-tell.]
That could be an interesting build. [After a moment's pause,] A stabilizing gyroscopic system would assist with inclines.