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Tinker was a bit nervous. Too many people out and about in town- especially men since she was so used to solitude and mostly-female Arlington. She'd have to get used to it, though, so took a deep breath and forced herself not to edge away from the trooper escort. At least she looked masculine enough, even cleaned up, that he didn't try to take her arm or offer a hand on the gangplank like men seemed prone to do; that would probably have been too much for the hermit.

Initially, Tinker felt a bit guilty when they boarded the boat and she saw Lorna, but eavesdropping a bit, she felt better. Lasthope was sending engineers and others that would more than replace her. It sounded like the town would soon be like a whole new city. And preserving and resurrecting technology always made her techie heart happy. She grinned and waved to the mayor as the older woman left.

A faint blush rose, obvious on pale and not-smudged-for-once cheeks, when Jain called her cute. It was one thing for some of the girls in town to tease like the androgynous tech was their brother; it was another coming from a pretty outsider. She murmured an awkward [Color=#33cccc]“Thanks…” [/color]then gave a little shrug in response to the ‘personal’ questions. Tinker had never seen the point of hemmin’ and hawin’ around silly stuff like bodies and their functions. She liked that “the boss” was fairly direct about it.

[Color=#33cccc]“These clothes are just convenient, Ma'am. It's hard to get into the guts of a machine with frills--or honestly, boobs-- in the way. The ruse is just a bonus since bandits aren't so civil as your folk. You don't have to worry about me keeping up, wrapped or not, though.” [/color]

The tall tech straightened up a little bit and absently hooked a thumb in her suspenders. [Color=#33cccc]“I'm no stranger to work or putting walkers back in the dirt… Though I wouldn't claim any military prowess; I mostly just blow ‘em up anymore. 
When and where should I find Ms Petra?”  [/color]