She didn't really respond, just looked back ahead with the barest rolling of her eyes.
"There's some technology, I believe, that you have for me."
"Doomtech is not something many are permitted to wield," Doom countered.
"That is ambitious of you, Miss Miller."
"I've been accused of worse," Layla said.
"If your concerns lie in technology, aiding you will be a trifling matter, to be sure."
"Great. Then we'll be able to move on to the mysticism pretty quickly." Doom stopped walking as they reached another door, to regard Layla, who had also stopped to look up at him with her hands clasped innocuously behind her back. He didn't speak for a moment.
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Date: 2011-05-23 02:49 pm (UTC)"There's some technology, I believe, that you have for me."
"Doomtech is not something many are permitted to wield," Doom countered.
"That is ambitious of you, Miss Miller."
"I've been accused of worse," Layla said.
"If your concerns lie in technology, aiding you will be a trifling matter, to be sure."
"Great. Then we'll be able to move on to the mysticism pretty quickly." Doom stopped walking as they reached another door, to regard Layla, who had also stopped to look up at him with her hands clasped innocuously behind her back. He didn't speak for a moment.
"Very well," he said. Layla looked at Jamie.
"I'll be back soon."