" - maybe we can run tests on it, break down its mineral content, it looks like there is equipment for it - "

Until he asks her to stop, and her teeth click against themselves. Silent. Watching. That half pause wherein a second, right now, she will run. One word and she will bolt like the frightened animal she is. Blinking at him, a half breath of a shiver that runs through her body. A tremor she can't even pretend she doesn't have, this wound that never seems to heal.