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The tension in the room seemed to dissipate when Raymond left, but he realized he was sorely mistaken when he caught how Rendyl stared at Luirae behind him. He swore he could feel the doctor's eyes on him every once in a while, but the tension seemed due more to the unknown rather than to any sort of aggression. He lost his train of thought for a moment as he processed her answers and almost forgot to report back to Luirae.

Tony turned his gaze back to Luirae and met her gaze all of a sudden -- the intense, fiery stare was unnerving at first, but he had worked with her for some time and had mostly gotten used to it.

[color=ff7733]"She's twenty-six,"[/color] he repeated for her sake, looking back to Rendyl occasionally to make sure he was correctly translating. [color=ff7733]"She was...she was sent away for her...gift? And she does not recall being taken onto the Ulnar ship."[/color] He noted that he would ask her to elaborate on what that "gift" was. For now, he continued -- and he smiled and turned his full attention back to Rae as he translated the last piece. [color=ff7733]"She apologizes for staring, Dr. Driani. She has never seen a species from another planet before."[/color]

He would have turned back to continue, but he was distracted all of a sudden by the growling of her stomach. Tony grinned back up at her for a moment, finding her embarrassment amusing and vaguely intriguing. For someone who had seemed so alien before, she felt quite viscerally human all of a sudden.

[color=ff7733]"No objection from either of us, I imagine,"[/color] he replied, a slight grin still on his lips. Tony turned his attention back to Rae as he moved to leave the room. [color=ff7733]"I had no idea you cooked."[/color]