[Mantis is sometimes oblivious, but she is not so blind as to miss the freeze. Her brow furrows in confusion, and she scrambles to find the patch that she was given when she was 'hired'. It is somewhere under the pile of blankets on the bed that she has taken to cocooning in when the air conditioning is too cold.
As she digs it occurs to her what she has said wrong.
When she finds the patch, and holds it out to him, (not really aware that she is still wearing the item of clothing that the patch needs to go on, and why that may be a problem) Mantis cannot keep herself from apologizing softly.] I am sorry, Peter. I was not thinking.
[Her next words are even softer, but still she has been meaning to say them almost for as long as she has known Peter, and they are important words, even if she can't quite meet his eye when she says them.] I am sorry for everything...
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As she digs it occurs to her what she has said wrong.
When she finds the patch, and holds it out to him, (not really aware that she is still wearing the item of clothing that the patch needs to go on, and why that may be a problem) Mantis cannot keep herself from apologizing softly.] I am sorry, Peter. I was not thinking.
[Her next words are even softer, but still she has been meaning to say them almost for as long as she has known Peter, and they are important words, even if she can't quite meet his eye when she says them.] I am sorry for everything...