[Cadians never get PTSD because the trauma is ongoing.
Mira doesn't notice that David's stalling for time, since she expects civilians to be kind of on the useless side. Her eyes periodically flick from him to scan the room, and it's probably not coincidence that she's standing where she can see all the doors. Still, even if she's not perfectly at ease, she's not abnormally tense, just a soldier in unfamiliar territory and without backup.
She's accustomed to more armor than she's wearing and habitually carries a sword, or a weapon worn and drawn similarly, and a sidearm, neither of which are in evidence.]
The Imperial Guard. [She's so unimpressed he didn't figure that out on his own.] 2nd Lieutenant [in keeping with her upper-class English accent, she pronounces it "lef-tenant"] Miranda Nero, Cadian 203rd Infantry.
[What training that got her David won't be able to place, but what hints there are from her posture (perfect) and her balance (also perfect) suggest that whatever else it may have been, it was really damn good.]
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Mira doesn't notice that David's stalling for time, since she expects civilians to be kind of on the useless side. Her eyes periodically flick from him to scan the room, and it's probably not coincidence that she's standing where she can see all the doors. Still, even if she's not perfectly at ease, she's not abnormally tense, just a soldier in unfamiliar territory and without backup.
She's accustomed to more armor than she's wearing and habitually carries a sword, or a weapon worn and drawn similarly, and a sidearm, neither of which are in evidence.]
The Imperial Guard. [She's so unimpressed he didn't figure that out on his own.] 2nd Lieutenant [in keeping with her upper-class English accent, she pronounces it "lef-tenant"] Miranda Nero, Cadian 203rd Infantry.
[What training that got her David won't be able to place, but what hints there are from her posture (perfect) and her balance (also perfect) suggest that whatever else it may have been, it was really damn good.]