[ oh my god sirius you can't just 'it's magic' as though that explains everything.
she's confused, distressed, and the last thing she wants to do is start laughing. it doesn't make sense, not for someone who knows space ships and guns, technology and mutations - not magic and all that entails. still, this is his area of expertise it seems, and as skeptical as she feels it's not like octavia has anything solid to offer here.
the act of making the ice appear at not-lincoln's feet might have been fascinating in any other situation - and honestly, she'll be asking more about all this at a later date - but here and now it's just absurd. maybe it doesn't have quite as much of an effect as desired, but when the creature goes up and over she can't help the confused, short burst of laughter that's far more nervous than anything else. ]
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she's confused, distressed, and the last thing she wants to do is start laughing. it doesn't make sense, not for someone who knows space ships and guns, technology and mutations - not magic and all that entails. still, this is his area of expertise it seems, and as skeptical as she feels it's not like octavia has anything solid to offer here.
the act of making the ice appear at not-lincoln's feet might have been fascinating in any other situation - and honestly, she'll be asking more about all this at a later date - but here and now it's just absurd. maybe it doesn't have quite as much of an effect as desired, but when the creature goes up and over she can't help the confused, short burst of laughter that's far more nervous than anything else. ]
This is going to work?