[Yeah, she's learning to act more normal but at a lot of moments, if you know the signs. There are very clear tells that something very, very bad happened to this child. Like now, as she nods slowly and her gaze seems to go dull and her voice changes slightly to less emotions.]
There was a man who worked for the company and came with the marines and Ripley. He pretended he was there to help and he was friendly and cheerful and acted like he cared. I just thought he'd die like everyone else who came to the colony after the monster attacks killed everyone.
But he was lying about everything.
[And as she talks, her fist goes to her chest as though she's trying to keep something in.]
And he almost got away with it. If we hadn't woken up before the facehuggers got on us....
[She blinks and she stops that line of thought as her fist presses harder against her chest.]
He lied. That's why I don't trust companies. Or the people who work for them. I don't think I could have figured out he was lying though. Not then. There was too much horrible things happening. I didn't see humans as threats, just things that died and left me alone. ...I guess I was wrong.
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There was a man who worked for the company and came with the marines and Ripley. He pretended he was there to help and he was friendly and cheerful and acted like he cared. I just thought he'd die like everyone else who came to the colony after the monster attacks killed everyone.
But he was lying about everything.
[And as she talks, her fist goes to her chest as though she's trying to keep something in.]
And he almost got away with it. If we hadn't woken up before the facehuggers got on us....
[She blinks and she stops that line of thought as her fist presses harder against her chest.]
He lied. That's why I don't trust companies. Or the people who work for them. I don't think I could have figured out he was lying though. Not then. There was too much horrible things happening. I didn't see humans as threats, just things that died and left me alone. ...I guess I was wrong.