[ She can't help sliding a sidelong glance at him. It's not that there isn't horrific sexism where she's from, because there is, especially gendered violence. The existence of Ma-Ma herself would attest to that, a prostitute who lost her grip on sanity after a john took a knife to her; Ma-Ma took her revenge, and later became a notorious crime lord. But Anderson is used to having room and freedom to fight it. Much as Ma-Ma herself did.
She has never in her life considered she would have an advantage in that. ]
There's a lot of us, [ she says succinctly. Maybe not around here, who knows, but no one else has looked at her sideways so she thinks it must be at least not unusual. ] Can I ask when you're from? And where. You look a bit like someone threw you into the deep end of something.
[ There's some pretty clear sympathy on her face if one is looking for it, although as everything else with Anderson, it is understated and careful. ]
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She has never in her life considered she would have an advantage in that. ]
There's a lot of us, [ she says succinctly. Maybe not around here, who knows, but no one else has looked at her sideways so she thinks it must be at least not unusual. ] Can I ask when you're from? And where. You look a bit like someone threw you into the deep end of something.
[ There's some pretty clear sympathy on her face if one is looking for it, although as everything else with Anderson, it is understated and careful. ]