[She leans forward eagerly, clasping her hands in front of her.]
Thank you for understanding that. I-- my file--
[She pauses to swallow; to catch her breath.]
I didn't read the whole thing while I had it. I wasn't sure how obvious everything would be to someone who didn't have to live it.
[She'd had plenty of time to read the file, and had in fact intended to read it cover to cover. But then she'd gotten to the description of the security guard and the airlock and everything that had happened there, and she'd had to put it down. She'd been trying to work up the courage to go back to it when Thomas had showed up to collect it.]
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[She leans forward eagerly, clasping her hands in front of her.]
Thank you for understanding that. I-- my file--
[She pauses to swallow; to catch her breath.]
I didn't read the whole thing while I had it. I wasn't sure how obvious everything would be to someone who didn't have to live it.
[She'd had plenty of time to read the file, and had in fact intended to read it cover to cover. But then she'd gotten to the description of the security guard and the airlock and everything that had happened there, and she'd had to put it down. She'd been trying to work up the courage to go back to it when Thomas had showed up to collect it.]