[ Her response is immediate. Barely missing a beat, automatic because this voice sounds a little like another gruff voice she knows, and while it's not even remotely close to being identical, it's a voice she wants to hear.
So, her brain mistakes one for the other. An easy retort passes her lips while she struggles to find an opening to the panels. ] You can think whatever you—
[ Wait.
A pause, then her head whips back. ] So— [ The intake of air blocks the rest of whatever she was going to say, and she suddenly finds herself scrambling away from the panel and... putting her back up against the wall. How could she be so stupid, really, she already knows who's awake and who isn't ( mostly, who isn't ). She let herself get careless and now she's stuck in this situation and...
She steals a glance at the individual at the door. Swallows. Quietly, with all the bravado out of her: ]
no subject
So, her brain mistakes one for the other. An easy retort passes her lips while she struggles to find an opening to the panels. ] You can think whatever you—
[ Wait.
A pause, then her head whips back. ] So— [ The intake of air blocks the rest of whatever she was going to say, and she suddenly finds herself scrambling away from the panel and... putting her back up against the wall. How could she be so stupid, really, she already knows who's awake and who isn't ( mostly, who isn't ). She let herself get careless and now she's stuck in this situation and...
She steals a glance at the individual at the door. Swallows. Quietly, with all the bravado out of her: ]
... Sorry.